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Witchfinder General (titled onscreen as Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General) is a 1968 British period folk horror film directed by Michael Reeves and starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Hilary Dwyer, Robert Russell and Rupert Davies.
A Roundhead soldier seeks revenge against a witch-hunter and his henchman who tortured his fiancée and executed her uncle during the English Civil War. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this unrated drama horror film.
Witchfinder General was an English heavy metal band from Stourbridge. 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. They were named after the 1968 British horror film Witchfinder General.
He was mainly active in East Anglia and claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament. The son of a Puritan minister, Hopkins began his career as a witch-finder in March 1644 and lasted until his retirement in 1647.
Formed in: 1979. Genre: NWOBHM/Heavy Metal, Doom Metal. Themes: Drugs, Sex, Music, Occultism, Death. Last label: Buried by Time and Dust Records. Years active: 1979-1984, 2006-2008. Witchfinder General were highly influenced by Black Sabbath and rode in on the NWOBHM.
May 18, 2018 · Released in 1968, Witchfinder General is a subversive film that exposes the violence and superstition of the English civil war. It follows Vincent Price as the witchfinder general, who hunts and tortures innocent people in the pastoral countryside.
Matthew Hopkins, Witch-Finder General. He and his associates are believed to have been responsible for the deaths of 300 women, accused of witchcraft, between 1644 and 1646…
