Witchfinder General
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.
Release Date: May 17, 1968
Director:
Michael Reeves
Runtime: 1 h 26 min
MPAA: Unrated
Production: Tigon British Film Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 175,000
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1640s17th centuryaccused of witchcraftambusharmy captainarrestbare breastbare breastsbased on novelbelief in godbetrayalbloodblood on shirtblood on the floorbloody facebritishbritish horrorbullet woundburned aliveburned as witchburned to deathcampfirecapital punishmentchristian mancivil warclopped to death with an axecornetcostume horrorcountrysidecoup de gracecult filmdeathdeath of soldierdeath of uncledesertiondigging out a bulletdrowningdrunkdungeoneast angliaends with freeze frameenglandenglish civil warenglish soldierenglish villageevil lead characterevil manexecutionexecution by hangingexecution of an innocent manfalling on bed sobbingfalse accusationfemale nudityfiance fiancee relationshipfianceefightfistfightfolkfolk horrorfoot chasegallowsgothic horrorgrieving daughtergungunshot woundhanged manhanged to deathhanged womanhanginghanging from a treehit on the headhit with an axehorsehorse chasehorseback ridinghusband wife relationshiphypocriteimplied rapeindependent filminninnocent person killedinquisitionintoxicatedjail cellkilled with an axekissingknocked unconsciouslawyerlecherous manlecheryloosely based on historical eventsloss of fatherlovelove scenemagistrateman digs a bullet out of his own bodymarriagemass hangingmoralistniecenudityoliver cromwellopening narrationpassionate kissprayerpriestprisonpromotionpsychotronic filmpublic executionpunched in the facepyreraperape and revengereading from the biblereference to oliver cromwellreference to satanreference to the book of revelationreference to the devilrevenge motiveromantic kissroundheadrunning to escaperural settingsadismsaving a lifescene before opening creditsscreaming in painscreaming manscreaming womanseeking revengesexsex sceneshot in the armshot in the backshot in the shouldershot to deathshot while trying to escapesnipersobbing femalesocial commentarysoldierstabbed in the backstabbed in the cheststabbed to deathstabbingsubjective camerasuffolksuffolk englandsuspected witchswearing an oathtaverntimeframe 1640stimeframe 17th centurytitle spoken by charactertorturetorturedtorturertroopertwo word titleuncle niece relationshipunwanted sexual advancesvillageviolenceviolent deathvoice over narrationwhite horsewitchwitch horrorwitch huntwoman on firewoundyear 1645young loversyoung woman
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