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Folk horror with the same slow-burn dread and bleak outlook.
Overall7.4
Fear3.0
Atmos8.2
Gore3.0
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Witchfinder General
1968 · Not rated · 1h 27m
Curator Score7.0/ 10
He'll hang, burn, and mutilate you. He's the… Witchfinder General
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- In theaters
- May 17, 1968
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Curator Certificate
7.0
Out of ten
Passed by one curator
Fear2.0
Gore2.0
Atmosphere8.0
Built on atmosphere, light on gore.
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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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dramahorrorhistoricalthriller
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Religious themesSexual violenceTorture
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Budget$83,000
Box office$1.5M
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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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