Witchfinder General
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Witchfinder General (1968, USA) is a Horror film directed by Michael Reeves
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- Featured in: Vincent Price - MGM Scream Legends Collection | Drive In Delirium: Hi Def Hysteria - 60s & 70s Savagery (BluRay) | The Vincent Price Collection (Blu Ray) | DVD
- Featured on: TCM Underground
Main Details
- Released in 1968
- Black and White
- Running Time: 86 min
- Production Co: Tigon British Film Productions | American International Productions
- Distribution Co: American International Pictures (AIP)
- Directed by Michael Reeves
- Written by Tom Baker, Michael Reeves, Ronald Bassett (novel), Louis M. Heyward (additional scenes), and Edgar Allan Poe (poem "The Conqueror Worm")
- Starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies
- Produced by Louis M. Heyward, Arnold L. Miller, and Philip Waddilove
- Original Music by Paul Ferris and Kendall Schmidt (US version)
- Cinematography by John Coquillon
- Film Editing by Howard Lanning
Plot Summary
- 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.
Also Known As
- Blodiga snaran, Den (Sweden)
- Caçador de Bruxas, O (Brazil)
- Cuando las brujas arden (Mexico)
- Edgar Allan Poe's Conqueror Worm (USA)
- Grand inquisiteur, Le (France)
- Grande inquisitore, Il (Italy)
- Hexenjäger, Der (West Germany)
- Matthew Hopkins: Conqueror Worm (USA) (alternative title)
- Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General (USA)
- Noidantappajat (Finland)
- Robak zwyciezca (Poland)
- The Conqueror Worm (USA)
Taglines
- The Year's Most Violent Film!
- There's lots of screaming when there's this much at stake!
- LEAVE THE CHILDREN AT HOME...If YOU are squeamish stay home with them!
- He'll hang, burn and mutilate you. He's the... witchfinder general