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Witchfinder General

1968 ·1h 27m · ★ 6.5 (265)

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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3 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
57
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
50
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
71
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
40
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
85
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
33
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Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationTorture
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TMDB Keywords

17th centurybased on novel or bookenglish civil warfalse accusationsfolk horrorforced sexrapereligious fundamentalismsadistic torturesuffolk, englandwitch burningwitch hunt

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