Witchfinder General

Witchfinder General

He'll hang, burn, and mutilate you. He's the… Witchfinder General

196887 min6.5 / 10

A brutal, historically grounded horror film about exploitation and sadism masked by religious authority during a period of social collapse.

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.

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