IMDB: 6.7 May 17, 1968 86 min Drama Horror History USA UK Michael Reeves Vincent Price Rupert Davies Ian Ogilvy
Witchfinder General: 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. One of these men is Matthew Hopkins, who tours the land offering his services as a persecutor of witches. Aided by his sadistic accomplice John Stearne, he travels from city to city and wrenches confessions from “witches” in order to line his pockets and gain sexual favors.