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The Conqueror Worm

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Original title

Witchfinder General (The Conqueror Worm)

Year

1968

Running time

82 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Michael Reeves

Screenwriter

Tom Baker, Ronald Bassett, Louis M. Heyward. Novel: Ronald Bassett

Cast

Music

Paul Ferris

Cinematography

John Coquillon

Producer

American International Productions, Tigon British Film Productions

Genre

Horror. Adventure | Folk Horror. Witchcraft. 17th Century

Synopsis

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. When Hopkins persecutes a priest, he incurs the wrath of Richard Marshall, who is engaged to the priest's niece.

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Critics' reviews

"It remains contemporary, and even frightening, in its evocation of cynical Puritanism and mass deception."

J. Hoberman: Village Voice
"Vincent Price has a good time as a materialistic witch-hunter and woman-disfigurer and dismemberer, and the audience at the dark, ornate New Amsterdam seemed to have a good time as well."

Renata Adler: The New York Times

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