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Witchfinder General

Witchfinder General

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 17, 1968

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Drama, History, Horror

User Score

64%

Original Title

Witchfinder General

Production Companies

Tigon British Film Productions

Director

Michael Reeves

Budget

$83,000

Revenue

$1,500,000

Description

England, 1645. 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; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.