Loading Page
Witchfinder General(1968)
Status: Released
Date: 1968-05-17
65%
259 Votes
Time: 1h 27m
He'll hang, burn, and mutilate you. He's the… Witchfinder General
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Budget: $83,000.00
Revenue: $1,500,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Tigon British Film Productions
Movie: Witchfinder General
Top 10 Billed Cast
Vincent Price
Matthew Hopkins
Ian Ogilvy
Richard Marshall
Robert Russell
John Stearne
Nicky Henson
Swallow
Hilary Dwyer
Sara
Rupert Davies
John Lowes
Patrick Wymark
Cromwell
Wilfrid Brambell
Master Loach
Tony Selby
Salter
Video Trailer Witchfinder General
Video: Trailer
Trailer
![Witchfinder General (1968) Original Trailer [FHD]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yXtu-nhyXak/mqdefault.jpg)
Witchfinder General (1968) Original Trailer [FHD]
Mark Kermode reviews Witchfinder General (1968) | BFI Player
Trailer
All 4 videos
Trailer - Trailer
![Witchfinder General (1968) Original Trailer [FHD]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yXtu-nhyXak/sddefault.jpg)
Witchfinder General (1968) Original Trailer [FHD] - Trailer
Mark Kermode reviews Witchfinder General (1968) | BFI Player - Featurette
Trailer - Teaser
Recommendations Movies
72%
The Court Jester(en)
1955-12-24
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
60%
The Eternal Daughter(en)
2022-12-02
An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.
64%
The Tingler(en)
1959-07-29
A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.
69%
The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris(fr)
1915-11-13
Paris is prey to an invisible terror against which the police can do nothing: a sinister organization that sows chaos and death. The intrepid journalist Philippe Guérande and his partner embark on a long crusade to put an end to the crimes of the Great Vampire and Irma Vep, his dangerous accomplice. (A ten episode movie serial.)
63%
Wise Blood(en)
1979-10-24
A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
65%
Things to Come(en)
1936-03-31
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
60%
Tower of London(en)
1962-10-24
The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.
28%
The Snow Creature(en)
1954-11-01
A botanical expedition to the Himalayas captures a Yeti and brings it back alive to Los Angeles, where it escapes and runs amok, seeking food.
55%
The Blood Beast Terror(en)
1968-02-01
A scientist working with genetics creates a horrifying flying creature that feeds on human blood. Following a gruesome trail of dead bodies, Scotland Yard investigators must scramble to halt its ravenous rampage.
52%
Inhumans: The First Chapter(en)
2017-09-01
An isolated community of superhumans fight to protect themselves.
69%
The Abominable Dr. Phibes(en)
1971-04-01
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
66%
Dark Habits(es)
1983-10-03
After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorities in a convent for fallen women.
72%
Living in Oblivion(en)
1995-07-21
Low-budget independent filmmaker Nick Reve tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious beret-wearing director of photography, and lousy catering.
61%
Mindhorn(en)
2016-10-09
A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.
75%
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir(en)
1947-05-25
In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.
61%
Return of the Fly(en)
1959-07-22
Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have disastrous results, turning Philippe into a horrible half-man, half-fly creature.
78%
A Short Film About Love(pl)
1988-08-21
19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...
70%
El Topo(es)
1970-12-18
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.
69%
Christine(en)
1983-12-09
Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.
Similar Movies
73%
The Castle of Sand(ja)
1974-10-19
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
10%
The Black Tulip(nl)
1921-08-19
In 17th century Holland, a faction of royalists is scheming to restore the monarchy and jail the De Witt brothers, who control the Republic. At the same time Tulip Fever is raging, and bulb-grower Cornelis van Baerle tries to obtain the secret of black tulips. Van Baerle will soon find himself threatened by radical royalists and rival bulb-grower Isaac van Boxtel.
50%
Winning Ticket(fi)
2018-01-12
Eevi works in a beauty parlor, leading a humdrum life in the suburbs of Helsinki with his husband Kari, a wannabe rocker. After the jackpot, the couple agrees to carry on with their lives as before, without telling anyone about the stroke of luck. But the money is burning holes in their pockets and that’s hard to hide. Their opinions about themselves and their relationship are put to the test. Everyone seems now to have a strange attitude towards them – although they try to pretend to be the same people as before. Do the millions bring happiness after all?
73%
I am the Secret in Your Heart(zh)
2024-08-02
In school, Wang Hsiao-hsia and her childhood friend Yuzu are seen as a couple, but Hsiao-hsia secretly longs for the transfer student Cheng Yih. Cheng Yih, admired for his exceptional grades, talent, and fighting skills, captivates her heart. Despite her poor academic performance, Hsiao-hsia tries various methods to win his affection, but nothing works. Unbeknownst to her, Cheng Yih harbors feelings for Hsiao-hsia as well. Meanwhile, Yuzu, fiercely protective of Hsiao-hsia, is wary of anyone trying to get close to her. As summer arrives, a fragrant first love begins to bloom among the three of them, reminiscent of lemongrass.
58%
The Green Cockatoo(en)
1937-12-01
A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother. She is protected from the police by a night club entertainer, who she learns is the man she is seeking.
42%
Shining Boy and Little Randy(ja)
2005-09-23
Tetsumu, an introverted youth, realizes he has a natural ability of communicating with elephants. This prompts him to leave for Chiang Mai in Thailand to become Japan's first elephant trainer. Having found his place in the world, Tetsumu develops into a strong, confident young man. He returns to Japan with the dream of building a green "paradise" for his ivory-tusked friends. Meanwhile, he starts a career as an elephant trainer for touring shows. He meets Emi, a woman seven years his senior and falls in love.
69%
Nicholas Nickleby(en)
2002-12-27
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
58%
Humanoids from the Deep(en)
1980-05-01
After a new cannery introduces scientifically augmented salmon to a seaside town in the Pacific Northwest, a species of mysterious, mutated sea creatures begin killing the men and raping the women.
70%
The Winter War(fi)
1989-11-30
Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala.
59%
Macabre(en)
1958-10-01
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.
71%
La Bête Humaine(fr)
1938-12-23
Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.
61%
The Crazies(en)
1973-03-16
The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
60%
S.F.W.(en)
1995-01-20
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.
78%
The Face of Another(ja)
1966-07-15
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.
56%
The Possession of Joel Delaney(en)
1972-05-24
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.
60%
Fascination(fr)
1979-11-01
A runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.
65%
The Ambiguous Focus(zh)
2017-08-26
Torn by betrayal, Zhang Nan and Zhe must face the past and decide if their love can survive—or if it’s time to walk away for good.
57%
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing(en)
1975-07-09
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
66%
North Dallas Forty(en)
1979-08-03
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
63%
Monkey Shines(en)
1988-07-29
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.