The Blood on Satan's Claw1971
Folk horror with the same slow-burn dread and bleak outlook.
Overall7.4
Fear3.0
Atmos8.2
Gore3.0
occult
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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Release
- In theaters
- May 17, 1968
Curator Score
Based on 1 curator rating · How we score
Built on atmosphere, light on gore.
Age suitability
Witchfinder General has no MPAA age rating, and Watch Darkly does not assign one either. It scored 2.0/10 for fear and 2.0/10 for gore, and carries 3 content warnings: religious themes, sexual violence, and torture.
7.0Overall
Fear2.0
Gore2.0
Atmosphere8.0
Genres
dramahorrorhistoricalthriller
Tags
Subgenre
occultfolk-horror
Tone
bleakslow-burngriefdreadtragic
Setting
ruralperiod-piece
Region
britishinternational
Audience
cult-classic
Content Warnings
religious-themessexual-violencetorture
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Details
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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