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Michael Reeves (17 October 1943 – 11 February 1969) was an English film director and screenwriter. He is best remembered for the 1968 film Witchfinder General (known in the US as Conqueror Worm). A few months after the film's release, Reeves died in London at the age of 25 from an accidental alcohol and barbiturate overdose.
Michael Reeves was born on 17 October 1943 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for The Sorcerers (1967), Witchfinder General (1968) and She Beast (1966). He died on 11 February 1969 in London, England, UK.
Although he was only 25 when he died Michael Reeves opened up genre cinema to new possibilities. Now considered one of the forefathers of folk horror for his groundbreaking masterpiece Witchfinder General (1968) Reeves certainly left his mark as a director.
Mar 23, 2011 · The short career of Michael Reeves. Posted on March 23, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin. Boris Karloff as Prof. Marcus Monserrat in The Sorcerers (1967) British director Michael Reeves was only 25 when he died of a drug overdose in 1969.
Jul 9, 2019 · THE MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION OF MICHAEL REEVES - FrightFest World Premiere - Cineworld Discovery - Sunday 25 August 2019. Directed by Dima Ballin, THE MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION OF MICHAEL REEVES...
Oct 1, 2023 · Michael Reeves was a British director whose potential was tragically cut short just as he was gaining a reputation in Europe as horror cinema’s latest wunderkind.
Sep 21, 2019 · Writer-director Michael Reeves passed away on February 11th 1969, aged just 25. He had helmed a mere three films in his short lifetime – all of them in various fields of exploitation cinema – the third and last of them, Witchfinder General, now widely acknowledged as a classic of 1960s British cinema.
