Is Witchfinder General scary?

Not particularly — Witchfinder General's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a occult film, it scored 2.0/10 for fear, 8.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

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Witchfinder General is tagged as occult, folk horror on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Witchfinder General

1968 · NR · 1h 27m

He'll hang, burn, and mutilate you. He's the… Witchfinder General

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

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Curator Score

7.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Built on atmosphere, light on gore.

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7.0Overall

Fear2.0

Gore2.0

Atmosphere8.0

Genres

dramahorrorhistoricalthriller

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Details

Budget$83,000

Box office$1.5M

Directed by

Michael Reeves

Written by

Michael Reeves, Tom Baker

Cinematography

John Coquillon

Music

Paul Ferris

Starring

Vincent Price as Matthew Hopkins · Ian Ogilvy as Richard Marshall · Robert Russell as John Stearne · Nicky Henson as Swallow · Hilary Dwyer as Sara · Rupert Davies as John Lowes · Patrick Wymark as Cromwell · Wilfrid Brambell as Master Loach

Production

Tigon British Film Productions

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