Witchfinder General

Witchfinder General (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
86 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1968 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Michael Reeves

Written By:
Tom Baker
Ronald Bassett (novel)

Actors:
Vincent Price ..... Matthew Hopkins
Ian Ogilvy ..... Richard Marshall
Rupert Davies ..... John Lowes
Hilary Heath ..... Sarah Lowes (as Hilary Dwyer)
Robert Russell ..... John Stearne
Nicky Henson ..... Trooper Robert Swallow
Tony Selby ..... Tom Salter
Bernard Kay ..... Fisherman
Godfrey James ..... Webb
Michael Beint ..... Capt. Gordon
John Treneman ..... Trooper Harcourt
Bill Maxwell ..... Trooper Gifford
Paul Ferris ..... Paul Clark (as Morris Jar)
Maggie Kimberly ..... Elizabeth Clark
Peter Haigh ..... Lavenham magistrate

Synopsis:

A corrupt opportunist commits brutal crimes in the name of God and country in this atmospheric period horror tale. In 17th century England, as a people's uprising threatens Lord Cromwell's rule, superstition still rules the land, and the Royalists use this to their advantage by inaugurating a reign of terror in the name of wiping out alleged witches and agents of the dark arts. Matthew Hopkins (Vincent Price) has been appointed 'witchfinder' by Puritan Royalists, and with the help of his thuggish assistant Stearne (Robert Russell), Hopkins travels from town to town, brutally interrogating those accused of witchcraft and using fire, drowning, and torture to extract 'confessions' from the accused. Of course, Hopkins' opinions can be swayed with money and other considerations, and when Father Lowes (Rupert Davies), a priest whose sympathies do not lie with the Royalists, is arrested and tortured by Hopkins and Stearne, his devoted niece Sarah (Hilary Dwyer) is able to stay his punishment by sleeping with Hopkins. Sarah, however, is engaged to marry Marshall (Ian Ogilvy), a soldier in Cromwell's army, and once Marshall learns that the woman he loves has been seduced by Hopkins -- and raped by Stearne -- he becomes determined to expose the witchfinder and punish him for his misdeeds. Witchfinder General was released in the United States by American International Pictures, who in addition to arranging for Vincent Price to play Matthew Hopkins, changed the North American title to The Conqueror Worm, after a poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was read over the credits by Price, though the story bears no real relation to Poe's work.

Tagline: He'll hang, burn and mutilate you. He's the... witchfinder general

England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstit

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