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Witchfinder General

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

Rating 6.5 / 10Release May 17, 1968Runtime 87 min

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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