The last and best film of director michael reeves tragically brief career, witchfinder general is one of a select few horror films to have transcended their genre. Men sometimes have strange motives for the things they do. Witchfinder general is also called the conqueror worm. The conqueror worm witchfinder general rotten tomatoes. Conqueror worm, the 1968 movie clip he still prays. Playing as part of academy cinemas october retrospective festival, season of the witch. It is a british horror film starring vincent price. Rent witchfinder general 1968 on dvd and bluray netflix. When matthew hopkins is appointed witchfinder general by the puritans under cromwell, he is empowered to travel the countryside with his henchmen and collect a fee for each witch from whom he extracts a confession a policy which is exploited to the full.
Jan 03, 2019 michael reeves fourth movie, witchfinder general hit cinema screens in 1968, less than a year prior to his untimely death of an accidental drug overdose. Undoubtedly, witchfinder general is an important film, but its far from perfect. The screenplay by reeves and tom baker was based on ronald bassett s novel of the same name. Witchfinder general tells the story of matthew hopkins played by price, the reallife 17thcentury puritan lawyer and witchfinder.
These themes are prevalent in horror throughout the early 1960s and70s. Witchfinder general 1968 movie posters cinematerial. They were named after the 1968 british horror film witchfinder general. Michael reeves witchfinder general fits nicely into the 1968 catalog of counterculture films like 2001. In the film, hopkins has partnered with an assistant by the name of john stearne robert russell. Hopkins had claimed that parliament had appointed him a witchfinder general to track down sorcerers. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. 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 poes work. 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. 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. This wellregarded historical movie stars the great vincent price in one of his best roles as the morally bankrupt matthew hopkins, a reallife witchfinder in mid17th century england. A difficult movie to love due to its unpleasantness, but so much more dramatically effective and artful than the torturefilled witch movies that followed in its wake. A thrilling watch set during the english civil war, matthew hopkins vincent price and his assistant john stearne robert russell travel the land taking care of witches. Witchfinder general 1968 changes the movie database.
Witchfinder general 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jul 10, 2018 michael reeves witchfinder general fits nicely into the 1968 catalog of counterculture films like 2001. Witchfinder general is a 1968 britishamerican historical horror film directed by michael reeves and starring vincent price, ian ogilvy, hilary dwyer, robert russell and rupert davies. The screenplay was by reeves and tom baker based on ronald bassetts novel of the same name. Download witchfinder general 1968 yify torrent for 1080p. By consensus, vincent prices finest performance among his gallery of horror movie rogues comes in witchfinder general, the intense 1968 film that erased any. During the witchhunting craze of the english civil wars, he and his followers terrorized. Witchfinder general vincent price 1968 official trailer.
With vincent price, ian ogilvy, rupert davies, hilary heath. This movie inspired vincents 1970 film cry of the banshee, which i also love. Witchfinder general 1968 burnt offerings horror podcast. John lowes rupert davies was the priest at brandeston, ten miles northeast of ipswich, who really was tried by water and executed for witchcraft. Hopkins witchfinding career began in march 1644 and lasted.
We guarantee to only deal in the very best original, most desirable rare film posters from 19201980 with an emphasis on great art and design of 1940s1960s and have a special interest in hammer horror, james bond 007, carry on films, hollywood. Witchfinder general 1968 at academy cinemas movie times. The urban realm was turned into the skulking ground for occultists in. Tom baker the sorcerers and michael reeves castle of the living dead, and starring. Gallery of 37 movie poster and cover images for witchfinder general 1968. The cruel civil war between royalists and parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allow. The best, and regrettably the last, of too few films directed by michael reeves before his untimely death. The last and most accomplished film from british director michael reeves who died in 1969 at the age of 25, witchfinder general feels like the work of a talented filmmaker just starting to hit his stride. Witchfinder general 1968 online free streaming, witchfinder general 1968 online full streaming in hd quality, streaming witchfinder general 1968 full movie. Watch witchfinder general 1968 high quality movie for free. Witchfinder general tells the story of the victims of witch hunting in england at the time of cromwell.
Witchfinder general is a 1968 british horror film directed by michael reeves and starring vincent price, ian ogilvy, robert russell and hilary dwyer. Its certainly brave in its totally unglamorous depiction of violence. Witchfinder general tells the story of matthew hopkins played by price, the real life 17thcentury puritan lawyer and witchfinder. But the film focuses heavily on the senseless violence, terrifying raping of women, and the sadism of the witch hunter, played in this film by vincent price. Witchfinder general vincent price 1968 official trailer youtube.
It prefigures the bleak tone that would taint many a film of the 70s, making endings less predictable for a while. For once, price doesnt ham it up and ogilvy gets to go deeper with his old etonian dashing. Vincent price the tomb of ligeia, ian ogilvy death becomes her, rupert davies dracula has risen from the grave, hilary heath the oblong box robert russell silver dream racer. Classiclady although price wasnt as menacing as ive seen him before, it was a different price for me. Witchfinder general, british horror film, released in 1968, that is noted for vincent prices sinister portrayal of its main character.
Witchfinder general is a film of social collapse, one of a world weaponising belief to justify violence in a pastoral english setting. He claimed to hold the office of witchfinder general, although that title was never bestowed by parliament. Nothing is nastier than folk and witchfinder general finds horrors that only mortals would choose to create. Rent witchfinder general 1968 starring ian ogilvy and patrick wymark on dvd and bluray. Guaranteed 100% original vintage movie posters picture palace movie posters is the website for original, vintage, collectible movie posters. This is a tale with significant gimp possibilities, but it largely does not deliver. Witchfinder general film by reeves 1968 britannica. Mar 01, 2015 witchfinder general tells the story of the victims of witch hunting in england at the time of cromwell.
A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witchhunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancee and kills her uncle. Price plays matthew hopkins, a sadistic 17thcentury witchfinder who uses barbaric methods to identify and invariably execute supposed witches. John lowes house, rushford college and church, rushford, norfolk. Michael reeves fourth movie, witchfinder general hit cinema screens in 1968, less than a year prior to his untimely death of an accidental drug overdose. Witchfinder general is a 1968 britishamerican historical horror film directed by michael reeves and starring vincent price, ian ogilvy, hilary dwyer, robert. Witchfinder general 1968 film is a featured article. Witchfinder general were an english heavy metal band from stourbridge, england. Filming locations from witchfinder general 1968 youtube. By consensus, vincent prices finest performance among his gallery of horror movie rogues comes in witchfinder general, the intense 1968 film that erased any hint of camp from the actors persona. German bluray movie cover image for witchfinder general 1968.
A space odyssey, night of the living dead, rosemarys baby, and psychout that were excessive in imagery and transgressions but massive with ideas and sharp social criticism. Oct 03, 2010 filming locations from witchfinder general 1968 starring vincent price and ian ogilvy. Witchfinder general is a film of social collapse, one of a world. Featuring vincent price, hilary dwyer, robert russell, ian ogilvy and others. The image measures 1200 1646 pixels and is 736 kilobytes large. It is a very fictionalized story of matthew hopkins, who had been a 17th century lawyer.
Filming locations from witchfinder general 1968 starring vincent price and ian ogilvy. Witchfinder general titled onscreen as matthew hopkins. Witchfinder general is a 1968 british horror film directed by michael reeves and starring vincent price, ian ogilvy, and hilary dwyer. Watch witchfinder general 1968 full hd movie online free. The conqueror worm witchfinder general 2000 rotten tomatoes. We guarantee to only deal in the very best original, most desirable rare film posters from 19201980 with an emphasis on great art and design of 1940s1960s and have a special interest in hammer horror, james bond 007, carry. 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. A stunning low budget film that seems to transend its limited budget.
Crooked witch hunter hopkins vincent price, paid by citizens of a suffolk village, gets to work with aide stearnes robert russell, starting with priest lowes rupert davies, whose niece sara hilary dwyer tries a rescue, in the conqueror worm, a. His activities mainly took place in east anglia hopkins witchfinding career began in march 1644 and lasted until his retirement in. Vincent price, wilfrid brambell, ian ogilvy, rupert davies england, 1645. By consensus, vincent prices finest performance among his gallery of horrormovie rogues comes in witchfinder general, the intense 1968 film that erased any hint of camp from the actors persona.
Witchfinder general 1968 changes the movie database tmdb. Well, the so called digitally restored special edition dvd of witchfinder general odeon entertainment odnf 329 arrived today friday, october 11th, 2019 from an amazon market place seller, two days late for it to have arrived on the 51st anniversary of my going to see the film at the now long gone alhambra, normacot, in 1968. Witchfinder general 1968 trailer from picturepalacemovieposters. Theres quite a large cult following built up around the 1968 horror movie witchfinder general, the reasons for which escape me. 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. Witchfinder general 1968 directed by michael reeves. Witchfinder general 1968 original vintage uk quad movie.
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