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Witchfinder General (titled onscreen as Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General) is a 1968 British period folk horror film directed by Michael Reeves and starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Hilary Dwyer, Robert Russell and Rupert Davies.
With Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark. During the English Civil War, a young Roundhead seeks vengeance against a vicious witch-hunter and his henchman, who have terrorized the soldier's fiancée and wrongfully executed her uncle.
Witchfinder General was an English heavy metal band from Stourbridge. They were part of the new wave of British heavy metal scene and have been cited as a major influence on the doom metal genre. They were named after the 1968 British horror film Witchfinder General.
Matthew Hopkins ( c. 1620 – 12 August 1647) was an English witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War. He was mainly active in East Anglia and claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament. [1]
Feb 20, 2023 · In 1968's Witchfinder General, Vincent Price brought to life the notorious 17th century witch-hunter Matthew Hopkins.
Genre: NWOBHM/Heavy Metal, Doom Metal. Themes: Drugs, Sex, Music, Occultism, Death. Last label: Buried by Time and Dust Records. Years active: 1979-1984, 2006-2008. Witchfinder General were highly influenced by Black Sabbath and rode in on the NWOBHM.
Witchfinder General: Directed by Michael Reeves. With Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark. A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
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 superstitions.
Of the twenty-three women accused of witchcraft, four were said to have died in prison with nineteen later convicted and hanged. Hopkins appears to have assumed the title of Witch-Finder General in 1645, claiming to be officially commissioned by Parliament with the brief to uncover and prosecute witches.
May 18, 2018 · Released in the UK on 19 May 1968, Witchfinder General is a subversive masterpiece that turns a journeying revenge horror into a genuinely questioning film about the power of belief and the true horrors that lurk in the fields and forests of England. Watch Witchfinder General on BFI Player.
