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  • 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. Risking treason by leaving his military duties, Marshall relentlessly pursues the evil Hopkins and his minion Stearne.
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  • @user-rs7td4hc2d
    @user-rs7td4hc2d Před rokem +36

    Stunning Historical drama. The best performance of Vincent Price's career. The supporting cast is first rate especially Hilary Dwyer and Ian Ogilvy. The director would have gone on to great things but sadly had many inner demons. The cinematography and music are breath taking. Very brutal for 1968. Along with Blood On Satan's Claw the best example of so called folk horror movies. A genuine classic that still shocks all these years later. Brilliant movie thanks for uploading this gem..

    • @stephenhardy312
      @stephenhardy312 Před 9 měsíci +4

      An absolutely stunning film.

    • @joeblogs-vx4ep
      @joeblogs-vx4ep Před 2 měsíci +2

      Theatre of blood or the abominable Dr phibes Vincent price best movies

  • @maryfiaola3686
    @maryfiaola3686 Před rokem +41

    If Vincent Price was still alive and well and still producing horror movies today , I bet they would be MAGNIFICENT !

  • @wezzmusic
    @wezzmusic Před 3 lety +64

    One of the best films with the classic Vincent Price. What a superb actor and an amazing voice.

  • @joehart7260
    @joehart7260 Před rokem +36

    A real shocker at the time. Michael Reeves was a brilliant young director who died tragically young. Apparently he didn't get on with Price, and told him to "stop rolling your eyes and waving your arms about, play it straight." The result was one of Vincent Price's best ever performances.

    • @lw3646
      @lw3646 Před rokem +14

      Yes the film has a lot to say about violence and its relation to madness.
      The hysterical screaming at the end is similar to the ending of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

  • @christophernash3577
    @christophernash3577 Před 4 lety +81

    An admittedly rare example of a film that really does suffer from having the end titles cropped off. SPOILER ALERT! As Sarah's hysterical screams of horror and madness are heard over the contrastingly beautiful music the emotional effect is extremely powerful and is director Michael Reeves' final assault on the audience's sensibilities.

    • @blex5579
      @blex5579 Před 9 měsíci +1

      kinda giallo actually- not really fitting-credit`s music that is...

  • @chrisevans5259
    @chrisevans5259 Před 3 lety +33

    Gloriously British horror, that had a mystical charm all of their own....great times

    • @harvestcanada
      @harvestcanada Před 2 měsíci

      Except, this based on historical fact, the horror of the witch teas which was also happening in colonial America and all over Europe was very real.
      Women were not the only victims of the trials, men were also murdered.

  • @martydav9475
    @martydav9475 Před 3 lety +62

    This is one of the great horror films, with a truly brutal ending. This film and The Wicker Man are the two great British horror films.

    • @paulbastier3773
      @paulbastier3773 Před 11 dny

      I remember him in that horror movie The House of wax in 1953. It was made in 3D. The first one I ever saw. You had to wear glasses which they gave you with your ticked. They were cardbord with red and green lens.

  • @jasondancaster6852
    @jasondancaster6852 Před 2 lety +33

    For me this is one of the few 'perfect' films ever made; story, script, music, cinematography, casting and acting, beauty and horror - all in sublime synchronicity. A straight 10/10 - not only the best horror I've ever seen, but a contender for best film outright. Again, pure perfection.

    • @sallybennett7869
      @sallybennett7869 Před 2 lety +5

      And here I am, barely 3 minutes in and noticing how incorrect the saddlery is for the period!

    • @drumstudio1
      @drumstudio1 Před 2 lety +7

      ​@@sallybennett7869 The director was a young bloke, 25 years of age but for sure close to a film-genius concerning this outstanding movie. Keep also in mind the joke of a "budget" he had to make this movie. It is for sure one of the best movies of all time by a young and aspiring director with a close to nothing budget to realise a more or less historically drama! We have movies with 10 to 150 times more of a budget showing pirate ships 1812 with undetected/unedited 20th century jet fighters in the sky etc. etc. This movie is extremely brutal and disturbing on several levels, visually, sonically!, psychologically etc. But witchhunt/witch-tribunals (aside slightly different/incorrect historically details of this movie) "might have been" brutal and disturbing too. But that's another topic.

    • @lw3646
      @lw3646 Před rokem +7

      Yes it plays it 100% straight and real, no ghoulish phantoms, no camp overacting or comic relief character, no Scream post modern popculture self-aware winking at the audience. There must have been something in the culture on the late 60s/early 70s, some of the films were so shocking and took such a nerve to make and write.

    • @samhaine6804
      @samhaine6804 Před rokem +1

      @@sallybennett7869 hopkins is threatening someone with a matchlock gun at one point... THAT DOESNT EVEN HAVE A MATCH IN IT.
      incredibly disappointed by the lack of historical accuracy in this, its like they didnt even try

    • @anthonyinzerillo2804
      @anthonyinzerillo2804 Před rokem

      Wtf 😂 best film ever? This is a joke right?

  • @justinbrianne
    @justinbrianne Před rokem +6

    This is a masterpiece. Even after all this time, the 35mm footage is still so vibrant and fresh.

  • @StephanieLaerkeAndersen
    @StephanieLaerkeAndersen Před 4 lety +81

    Director Michael Reeves didn’t fair too well with Vincent Price during the making of this film. Price, already a well established actor didn’t take too kindly in being told how to deliver his lines from the young, sprightly and somewhat inexperienced Reeves. Michael Reeves however was wonderful at extracting the best performances from his actors, and had he lived longer than his tragically short 25 years, he likely would’ve gone on to bigger and more interesting things. This film is his masterpiece. Vincent Price did write to Reeves after the film was released, finally praising the film, and then thanking him for pushing him to the limits of his powers as an actor. Price as usual is brilliant as the cruel witchfinder Matthew Hopkins. Ian Ogilvy is suitably heroic, determined to end Hopkins’ reign of terror. Michael Reeves has woven a tapestry of such horrors, delights and colours - the result is a wonderful display piece and telling of a time when superstition, and the extremes of religion, were at the forefront of thinking.

    • @freedomatlast8756
      @freedomatlast8756 Před 4 lety +9

      Thanks for a most informative post.

    • @christophernash3577
      @christophernash3577 Před 4 lety +10

      You probably know the legendary story that Price said to Reeves "I've made 70 films. How many have YOU made?" And Reeves replied "2 good ones!" Reeves actually had Donald Pleasence in mind for Matthew Hopkins and resented having Price foisted onto him because of a production deal with American International Pictures. Today of course its impossible to imagine the film without Price, though one can only wonder what Pleasence would have brought to the part. And yes, Reeves' tragically young death did rob British cinema of what would certainly have been one of it's great directors.

    • @alondathomas293
      @alondathomas293 Před 4 lety +3

      @@christophernash3577:
      There's a new documentary about Reeves and his films called The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves, which just came out late last year. Don't know if it's here on the tube, yet. but there's a trailer for it.

    • @StephanieLaerkeAndersen
      @StephanieLaerkeAndersen Před 3 lety

      @@alondathomas293 Oh, thanks for the information.

    • @anomalotheriataurus8806
      @anomalotheriataurus8806 Před 2 lety +4

      Unfortunately Not Much has changed in some parts of the World where Religion is still taken at Face Value

  • @stephensaxby2820
    @stephensaxby2820 Před 3 lety +38

    One of my favourite horror films of all time. An atmospheric and chilling film that still has the power to shock even today.

    • @williamstclaire809
      @williamstclaire809 Před rokem +4

      It has always been one of my favourites as well.

    • @robertgillon9197
      @robertgillon9197 Před rokem +4

      Only if audiences take a break from being eyelocked to their phones.

    • @fiuttello
      @fiuttello Před 7 měsíci

      Fake blood, pearly white teeth and those red trousers made my day 😁

  • @eivindgjengstjohansen9625
    @eivindgjengstjohansen9625 Před 9 měsíci +8

    Michael Reeves (17 October 1943 - 11 February 1969) was an English film director and screenwriter. He is best remembered for the 1968 film Witchfinder General (known in the US as Conqueror Worm). A few months after the film's release, Reeves died in London at the age of 25 from an accidental alcohol and barbiturate overdose

    • @james87367
      @james87367 Před 19 dny +1

      He made a stunningly good film before he passed.

  • @luciferbox5577
    @luciferbox5577 Před 3 lety +15

    It’s fair to say that Witchfinder General is probably Vincent Price’s best performance in a film. Although Reeves didn’t want him in the role and they clashed, he was able to get a performance out of Price that was incredible. Off course we all love the camp, over the top performances Price usually gave, but this was something that showed just what Price was capable off.

    • @martydav9475
      @martydav9475 Před 3 lety +8

      Agreed, Price gave a brilliant performance in a film with a brutally graphic ending.This is one of the great horror films along with another British masterpiece The Wicker Man.

    • @twirajuda
      @twirajuda Před 3 lety +6

      Price was neither campy nor over the top in this flick. He was just plain terrifying

    • @luciferbox5577
      @luciferbox5577 Před 3 lety +3

      @@twirajuda Absolutely.

    • @Markmywords803
      @Markmywords803 Před rokem +3

      Interesting. Who did Reeves want?

    • @luciferbox5577
      @luciferbox5577 Před rokem +3

      @@Markmywords803 Apparently, Reeves wanted Donald Pleasance.

  • @rouka120
    @rouka120 Před 4 lety +22

    It’s fabulous that in every English movie Price was in they never made him talk with a British accent.
    All the brits were just like: yeah, he’s classy enough without it.
    Keep in mind, folks, that Vincent was born and raised in Missouri. Although he wasn’t raised in England, he was born into a wealthy English family that owned a candy company. His first big acting role was when he started acting with Orson Welles’s in the 30’s. Interesting start going that high up immediately! What a lucky break!

  • @Dead-Ball-Situation
    @Dead-Ball-Situation Před 3 lety +29

    A really disturbing film and more scary than any of the torture flicks of modern times. Probably because it feels a lot more real.

    • @metalhead7319
      @metalhead7319 Před 2 lety

      @@charlesK12960 they were killing innocents

    • @metalhead7319
      @metalhead7319 Před 2 lety

      @@charlesK12960 no doubt about that

    • @dfstarborn
      @dfstarborn Před rokem

      Yes, because the viewer is terrified of the innocent victim to be put to death for a crime that he/she did not commit. And watching the evil one get away with murder. Much better than the garbage that's put out today. A truly great film along with the Wicker Man.

    • @lindaflowerpower8498
      @lindaflowerpower8498 Před rokem

      @@dfstarborn C H U R C H hides S A T A N I S T P E D O P H I L E S 🤮
      The pope hides them too.

  • @filmactorgordwelke
    @filmactorgordwelke Před 4 lety +17

    SUPERB!! The women accused of being witches were stellar. Great film......greatest performance from every single actor and extras, alike.....thanks for sharing.....G + L

  • @robjones2408
    @robjones2408 Před 4 lety +117

    Violent and brutal, nobody had seen anything remotely like this film in 1968.
    The director sadly committed suicide aged only 25. Had he lived, Mike Reeves would
    have gone to greater glory.
    Vincent Price has never been so menacing, before or since. His silky voice is so subtly threatening.
    Thanks for posting it.

    • @jeffsmith6295
      @jeffsmith6295 Před 4 lety +10

      Articles about Reeves online say that he died from ACCIDENTAL barbiturate overdose.

    • @robjones2408
      @robjones2408 Před 4 lety +19

      @@jeffsmith6295 I knew a former work colleague who was on friendly terms
      with Reeves, and he stated that he was suffering from depression and talked
      of suicide on a few occasions before his premature death in 1969.
      Although there was no suicide note when Mike's body was found, my friend said
      he wasn't surprised by the news.
      He thought he had taken his own life.
      What a tragic waste.

    • @twirajuda
      @twirajuda Před 4 lety +3

      Yes it was Rob Jones . Reeves brought out Price’s acting chops, unlike Roger Corman. Had the two made more films together, Price might have been remembered as an actor of more stature instead of a campy fixture in B movies

    • @robjones2408
      @robjones2408 Před 4 lety +5

      @@twirajuda Too true.
      Vincent never quite recovered his status after "Witchfinder General."

    • @marksadler4104
      @marksadler4104 Před 4 lety +4

      Michael Reeves was a schoolmate of Ian Ogilvy at Eton

  • @parallaxview2143
    @parallaxview2143 Před rokem +9

    This is still very violent. Imagine seeing those opening credits in the late 60's.

  • @stephenm6100
    @stephenm6100 Před 4 lety +33

    rip hilary heath.. she passed away three days ago from covid 19. beautiful lady only 74.🙏🏻

    • @cannonfodder6654
      @cannonfodder6654 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kevindagod wow that’s so sad , a lot of famous or once famous people are passing away from this horrible virus

    • @CitizenSuspect
      @CitizenSuspect Před 3 lety +9

      I knew a fella that got eaten by a shark, he died of covid too.

  • @shauns7808
    @shauns7808 Před 4 lety +14

    I'm an Englishman and even i'm impressed...that is probable one of the best horror films I have ever seen and it was made 13-14 years before I was even born

    • @burntbacon7995
      @burntbacon7995 Před 3 lety +1

      Witchfinder F
      General is not a horror film.

    • @nobull9541
      @nobull9541 Před 3 lety +2

      Why do you mention you're an "Englishman"?

    • @60toodles
      @60toodles Před rokem

      most here are English lol Not sure what that has to do with anything

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 Před rokem

      ​@@60toodles oh shut up so what if that person said he's an Englishman I'm so sick of race hustlers and woke progressive leftist hypocrite types which you guys here obviously are or act so. I'm English and proud to be so I'm proud of my history too ( now you can 😭😭😭 like soy boy's or soy girl's.

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 Před rokem

      ​@@nobull9541 why does it bother you though soy boy crybaby.

  • @michelleelston4518
    @michelleelston4518 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you much for downloading this classic , Brilliant I really appreciate you downloading these , you are a star 🌟😊

  • @michaelbaughman8910
    @michaelbaughman8910 Před 4 lety +56

    This is truly SCARY...because it is TRUE. Great insight into Human Nature.

    • @64fairlane305
      @64fairlane305 Před 4 lety +7

      Europe was under something known as christianity for centuries. A sick religious mix made up by the romans around the year 400. This sick religion was forced upon people, and the bible was forbidden in any other language than latin wich wery few understood.

    • @RexOrwell
      @RexOrwell Před 4 lety +1

      It is scary... because nothing has changed a jot since this time. Only, there's no such thing as human nature. Everything, and I mean everything, is programming.

    • @egotisticalgiraffe6130
      @egotisticalgiraffe6130 Před 4 lety +3

      @@RexOrwell
      #include
      #include
      using namespace std;
      Int main( ){
      cout

    • @rudyrivera718
      @rudyrivera718 Před 4 lety

      Michael Baughman agree !

    • @annacaine8547
      @annacaine8547 Před 4 lety

      Something of a lecture, but it wasn't that bad across Britain (although bad enough that it happened at all)..... except in Essex, where Matthew Hopkins operated. Peculiar man. czcams.com/video/1rHSu2oDZXE/video.html

  • @melanieerle2429
    @melanieerle2429 Před 4 lety +11

    As always - Flik Vault comes through! I am eagerly looking forward to new additions to your public collection. I can see big things for FV !

  • @zwbgzwbg9634
    @zwbgzwbg9634 Před 2 lety +3

    Brilliant on all levels.
    This is the most complete HD version I've seen with all acting scenes intact albeit it is cut when the end credits start. Powerful too is the original and appropriate music soundtrack.

  • @philschuler9674
    @philschuler9674 Před 4 lety +12

    More than half way through this movie and it is good, best performance of Vincent Price, ever.

  • @Yquire
    @Yquire Před 3 lety +18

    Vincent Price - a great actor.

  • @CatastrophicG
    @CatastrophicG Před 4 lety +13

    Mesmering piece of art with plenty of cruel scenes. Might be Vincent Price's best one!

    • @PaschanTOPs
      @PaschanTOPs Před rokem

      This movie was not made by Vincent Price, it was made by Michael Reeves. Price is only an actor in this.

  • @ANTONYTHEDRAWINGMAN
    @ANTONYTHEDRAWINGMAN Před 4 lety +8

    its great to see this movie in its uncut form...most of the prints that were shown had most of vincent price being axed at the end cut heavily.

  • @lw3646
    @lw3646 Před rokem +9

    Really effective horror film, the 1600s setting give it a horrible realism, the villain is completely evil and the violence still shocks over 50 years later.

  • @ravenhill_firelord_1968
    @ravenhill_firelord_1968 Před 2 lety +8

    back when england was really good ole england.

  • @brucewallace2
    @brucewallace2 Před 4 lety +81

    Price was great in that movie. He played it totally straight.

  • @user-px2di5tw4y
    @user-px2di5tw4y Před 7 měsíci +3

    I love the way this film shows the true horror of fanatical people who 'know' they are doing right,and don't let compassion, emotions and all that make us human get in their way and their agenda.The Parliamentarians may have won outright,had they not been fanatical Protestants that went round banning everything,even including Christmas.Fanaticists,'idealists' and all those trying to force their opinions onto others, should remember that even though the old regime may be horrific,it's a million times better than the fascistic,riding over human rights 'idealism' that they're trying to force in it's place.Sounds very similar to what certain people are trying to do today,but, thankfully, people are becoming wise to it.Being forewarned is as good as being forearmed,as the old saying goes.🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️🐊🐊🐊

  • @naly202
    @naly202 Před 4 lety +16

    "You took him from me!" you're damn right, Ian. he deserved many more axes. the most unsatisfying ending in a VP movie.

    • @TheLazyOne00
      @TheLazyOne00 Před 4 lety +2

      it ends without a final scene. this movie is empty, bad written, boring, and pointless. The inquisition parts aren't even that great. bad movie/10, wouldn't suggest it to friends

    • @naly202
      @naly202 Před 4 lety +3

      @@TheLazyOne00 you are being a little too harsh. The movie isn't bad, but I did hate it. Vincent hated it too, apparently. He had a lot of harsh time with the director who never allowed him any acting freedom. The result-- the character has no depth, no redeeming qualities--just evil and hateable.
      Also, the movie has a lot of gratuitous violence.

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 Před 4 lety

      @@naly202 yes, I skipped over some of it.

    • @eroktartonga4032
      @eroktartonga4032 Před 3 lety +4

      Very ture. Also, the villagers seem to be even more horrible then the evil witchfinder and his 'henchman'. They helped him torture and kill their own people. Nothing happened to the villagers.

    • @parallaxview2143
      @parallaxview2143 Před rokem +5

      @@eroktartonga4032 the villagers are quite realistically rendered. People love to take part in persecution. It makes them feel important.

  • @ANTINUTZI
    @ANTINUTZI Před 4 lety +61

    ... I enjoyed this, Thank You. One thing ... I'm always amused by how all the costumes seem to be freshly back from Ye Olde Drye Cleaners :P

    • @paulanthony5274
      @paulanthony5274 Před 4 lety +3

      Ha ha,you always get that with the older films,everyone running about with new clothes on,something I've noticed a few times in different films.

    • @georgeelmerdenbrough6906
      @georgeelmerdenbrough6906 Před 4 lety +7

      Yes but at least the armor etc was not the Elvish type with all the intricate patterns like The Witcher etc...that shit is getting stale

    • @ticklebones3238
      @ticklebones3238 Před 4 lety +11

      That's more historically accurate than you think though. People throughout history have generally placed an emphasis on staying clean and having clean clothes.

    • @paulanthony5274
      @paulanthony5274 Před 2 lety +1

      @zbychu zielony I said new clothes u clown and I live in a leafy part of England and I'm white doesnt sound like you are

    • @paulanthony5274
      @paulanthony5274 Před 2 lety +1

      @zbychu zielony And you've only been a member of CZcams one year pmsl u lowlife

  • @labrat748
    @labrat748 Před 4 lety +19

    Witch finders are still with us it's just that their costumes have changed, life today is cheaper than it was back in the times of Matthew Hopkins, the sickness remains.

    • @parallaxview2143
      @parallaxview2143 Před rokem

      Lots of Witchfinders gave COVID FPN's and wanted to know why we weren't wearing masks in Tesco's. Even though it was Government guidance and not law.

    • @RobTheFossil
      @RobTheFossil Před rokem

      Of course a lot changed. Romans hid the gospels original texts from all nations they controlled. For over 1200 years the Romans duped people. Rome kept the entire Bible in Latin.
      Read the promises of Jesus in Matthew 5.
      Very few people were educated to even read, let alone understand Latin.
      The priests were usually political pawns who served their money masters. There is no commandment to go to war against any person or nation. That is men talking Earth politics. The gospels of Jesus abhor the taking of life. Jesus only ever heals those who are demon possessed and physically sick.
      Martin Luther changed that situation with the Reformation. He started to translate to languages men could read. That started the revival of true Christianity that had been hijacked by Rome in the 4th century.
      Christianity has only ever been based on the promises of Jesus in Matthew 5.
      English Standard Version
      The Sermon on the Mount
      5 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
      The Beatitudes
      2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
      3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
      4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
      5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
      6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
      7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
      8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
      9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons[a] of God.
      10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
      11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
      Salt and Light
      13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
      14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that[b] they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

  • @astonmartin4360
    @astonmartin4360 Před 2 lety +4

    As far as I know human blood has always been the same colour.Why do so many movies from this era think red paint will do ?

  • @philipmcdonagh1094
    @philipmcdonagh1094 Před 2 lety +4

    Ah how I miss these good old times, nothing but misery today.

  • @johnwebsterwallace4884
    @johnwebsterwallace4884 Před 4 lety +6

    This film is unique. An example of how to make a film with only a couple of £-$ in your pocket and end up with a classic.

    • @johnmckeown6573
      @johnmckeown6573 Před 4 lety +2

      plus ... a hint of genius [?], the rarest commodity of all.

  • @pocat6
    @pocat6 Před 4 lety +17

    "I don't know why they kicked me out of the water park, I was only doing the Lords Work." - Matthew Hopkins probably

  • @roberttownsend9223
    @roberttownsend9223 Před 4 lety +7

    Hilary Dwyer who played 'the girl' in this movie died a few weeks ago, a victim of covid19. This is a toned down version of a true story which took place in rural England. In reality Mathew Hopkins reign of terror lasted less than two years after which he was forced to stop his rampage through the countryside and he was very lucky escape with his life. But his look didn't last and less than a year later he died of what is thought to be consumption. This is considered to be one of the best British horror movies ever made and as most people will know, it' director Michael Reeves died by suicide just after the shooting was completed while in his mid 20s. For people interested in movie trivia, right at the start of the movie where the woman is being hanged and Hopkins is sitting on his horse watching, a telephone pole with wires can plainly be seen in the background.

    • @zoot69uk2001
      @zoot69uk2001 Před 3 lety +1

      Fantastic film, shocking. I guess Michael Reeves didn't have the foresight to imagine the CZcams generation studying every frame of the movie for mistakes

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 Před rokem

      Victim of a huge lie you mean, victim of the jab or just ill but nothing to do with the covid have you not been doing real research or do you just blindly believe MSN etc

  • @mikeedelstein3352
    @mikeedelstein3352 Před 4 lety +30

    Evil in England, witches and witchcraft, low budget film rocks with Vincent Price in the lead.
    With the look and feel of a classic 'B' Hammer horror film, many might be turned off by Witchfinder General but they would be missing out on a great film. An achievement considering the amount of censorship & production problems it faced. The story is exciting & very well paced, Price is particularly menacing and intense in his role which makes the film enjoyable with his deadpan style.
    The murderous witch-hunting exploits of Matthew Hopkins who falsely claimed to have been appointed as a "Witchfinder General" by Parliament during the English Civil War to stop sorcery and witchcraft in search of men and women bearing the devil's mark.
    With the Witchfinder General and its dark plot and focus on cruelty and greed its sense of futility in the face of supposed encroaching evil, it offers a stark reflection of society that has shunned the church and it's conventions with mass hysteria that Mathew Hopkins takes complete advantage of and you have a genuine, timeless cult classic.
    In real life his father, James Hopkins, was a Puritan clergyman. Many claim he was a lawyer and appointed by parliament, no facts to back up any of this except to charge huge fees for his services to weed out and find witches and rid England of witchcraft.
    Hopkins was supposedly able to ‘prove’ that innocent men and women were agents of Satan, Hopkins began to prosper. He had 19 women hanged at Chelmsford in a single day. Moving northwards, Hopkins was paid £6 by the people of Aldeburgh in Suffolk for ridding the town of witches, while in Norfolk, at Kings Lynn, he took £15 for his services and £23 from the grateful townsfolk of Stowmarket.
    The most famous and infamous test of discovering a witch was ‘swimming’. The suspect’s limbs would be bound together and they would be lowered into water by ropes. If they sank and drowned, they were innocent and in heaven; if they floated, they would be tried as a witch. Hopkins was responsible for over 200 executions of innocent English citizens all accused of witchcraft.
    This film documents an interesting historical period in England when one unscrupulous conman is able to take control of various villages and towns for his own gain to rid them of witchcraft and evil. Although the Witchfinder General lacks the flare of a high budget film, shot on location in the English countryside, I enjoyed the film and would recommend it.

    • @lw3646
      @lw3646 Před rokem

      It's nothing really like the look of an early Hammer film which were ge really shot on a sound stage and had pretty static cinematography.

    • @james87367
      @james87367 Před 18 dny

      Are you telling me that one man was responsible for over 200 people's deaths. By going around the countryside and accusing people of being witches!? Damn, that's wild!

  • @kathybayles895
    @kathybayles895 Před 4 lety +13

    I feel sorry for any or all of that died during his reign and beyond. I firmly believe that those who were murdered in all times of witches were innocent.

    • @RobTheFossil
      @RobTheFossil Před rokem

      And the gospels of Jesus abhor the taking of life. Jesus only ever heals those who are demon possessed and physically sick.

    • @lindaflowerpower8498
      @lindaflowerpower8498 Před rokem

      @@RobTheFossil
      C H U R C H hides S A T A N I S T P E D O P H I L E S 🤮
      The pope hides them too.

  • @DSpeir-pi6tm
    @DSpeir-pi6tm Před 4 lety +3

    Early to bed . I like this idea ! We all need our rest you know 😊

  • @Fouremyleofceres
    @Fouremyleofceres Před 4 lety +2

    I actually saw this version back in the late sixties in west Texas. It was black and white. watched it again when NetFlix had it for like three months. For the most part, it is a romantic tale. Love and honor, though, I think honor is the thing in this flix. His honor is besmirched by his love use of her body to save her Uncle. At the end, his honor was denied by his friend, who put the Witch finder out of his misery.
    Just a thought.

  • @ThePlataf
    @ThePlataf Před 3 lety

    Thanks so much for this. Ive never seen it, but have read about it, though under a different title. I'll watch it tonight.

  • @anomalotheriataurus8806
    @anomalotheriataurus8806 Před 2 lety +3

    9/10 A Disturbing Historical Piece with excellent Performances from everyone present

  • @johncolemaniii3716
    @johncolemaniii3716 Před 4 lety +7

    Thank you so i enjoy this good movie it had one of master of horror Vincent price thank you so much it can get no better than this

  • @jameswilson3554
    @jameswilson3554 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you for posting. I've never seen this it's a good one...

  • @PC-lu3zf
    @PC-lu3zf Před rokem +5

    Sad the actress who played Sara died of covid :(

  • @hhvictor2462
    @hhvictor2462 Před 4 lety +7

    Civil wars unleashes the brutal ugliness of humanity. Good neighbors one day, vicious enemies the next....

  • @randikinton7018
    @randikinton7018 Před 4 lety +3

    Just found this channel. Fantastic ! Thank you

  • @trickysam04
    @trickysam04 Před 2 lety +5

    Possibly Price's greatest performance.

  • @dr.elizabethmartin7118
    @dr.elizabethmartin7118 Před 4 lety +2

    THANK-YOU, FlickVault...........THIS is a very sad but historical & hysterical true tale from our "human" past. much love / shell lake/usa ellie

    • @rodneysettle8106
      @rodneysettle8106 Před 4 lety

      Dr. Elizabeth Martin exactly what do you mean by “human” past.

    • @RobTheFossil
      @RobTheFossil Před rokem

      Of course a lot changed. Romans hid the gospels original texts from all nations they controlled. For over 1200 years the Romans duped people. Rome kept the entire Bible in Latin.
      Read the promises of Jesus in Matthew 5.
      Very few people were educated to even read, let alone understand Latin.
      The priests were usually political pawns who served their money masters. There is no commandment to go to war against any person or nation. That is men talking Earth politics. The gospels of Jesus abhor the taking of life. Jesus only ever heals those who are demon possessed and physically sick.
      Martin Luther changed that situation with the Reformation. He started to translate to languages men could read. That started the revival of true Christianity that had been hijacked by Rome in the 4th century.
      Christianity has only ever been based on the promises of Jesus in Matthew 5.
      English Standard Version
      The Sermon on the Mount
      5 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
      The Beatitudes
      2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
      3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
      4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
      5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
      6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
      7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
      8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
      9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons[a] of God.
      10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
      11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
      Salt and Light
      13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
      14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that[b] they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

  • @pug2322
    @pug2322 Před 4 lety +7

    As a metal detectorist I often find coins, relics, buckles and buttons from these past times of c1640, I often do wonder who owned my finds once upon, never a shortage of musket balls too and I always know where they came from! The barrel of a musket gun.

    • @StephenGeoghan
      @StephenGeoghan Před 4 lety

      What country, and area do you find these coins??

    • @pug2322
      @pug2322 Před 4 lety

      jstundr therdr the southwest of Britain.

  • @twirajuda
    @twirajuda Před 3 lety +3

    Upload The Sentinel from 1977. An underrated, nightmarish horror flick if there ever was one

  • @paulaungiers8734
    @paulaungiers8734 Před 4 lety +3

    The films you are providing are beautiful. Could you upload Dracula Has Risen from the Grave; Lust for a Vampire and The Satanic Rites of Dracula ? All of these would be most welcome. Do you do films other than horror, say British comedies like Not Now Darling?

  • @turtleonspeed6673
    @turtleonspeed6673 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for uploading in such good quality

  • @stevenmoore3130
    @stevenmoore3130 Před 4 lety +34

    This sort of stuff actually went on. It's enforcing religious obedience by terror. Not unlike the Taliban or ISIS do today.
    All part of the growing pains of becoming a modern secular society.
    Sadly!

    • @bgilchrist228
      @bgilchrist228 Před 4 lety

      You don't believe there are witches?

    • @stevenmoore3130
      @stevenmoore3130 Před 4 lety +5

      Sirhandsome.
      the principle is the same, authority's governing by terror.
      'Me too'?
      Yep, a Marxist witch hunt.
      'Momentum'? Thirties Nazi brown shirts.
      Same thing only Marxist.

    • @brianboisguilbert6985
      @brianboisguilbert6985 Před 4 lety +3

      Ahhh yes, modern secular societies like Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, Red China and North Korea.
      Something I read once, "Those who are certain of anything whether, science, or religion, certain in their own self righteousness make up the ranks of Eugenics and ISIS."

    • @brianboisguilbert6985
      @brianboisguilbert6985 Před 4 lety +4

      An even better example is ANTIFA,

    • @mark621000
      @mark621000 Před 4 lety +5

      @@brianboisguilbert6985 Satan hates the truth and those who tell it

  • @williamgosling8514
    @williamgosling8514 Před rokem +3

    Vincent price i
    superb as the as the wicthfinder general great music 🎶 score one best British horror films 🎥 ever made

  • @Markmywords803
    @Markmywords803 Před rokem +1

    Can you restore the final end credits if possible, that really does complete the film and the music has a great impact.

  • @wyndgrove9452
    @wyndgrove9452 Před 2 lety +3

    SUCH a good film.

  • @williamstclaire809
    @williamstclaire809 Před 2 lety +10

    Love this film, with such a fantastic cast, Ian Ogilvie and Vincent Price were both a great choice, and all the entire cast are just awesome. A really great film and very factual with su great music and scenery. Ian went on to play many more Great parts, he was the Saint in The Return Of The Saint, which was also a brilliant show, he’s very suave indeed, a really cool looking man.

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 Před 4 měsíci +1

      He s had a long career in theatre
      over the years. Met him once. Modest and charming a d still good looking. Let's face it ! Who could follow Roger Moore as the Saint .??

  • @Horror-Man
    @Horror-Man Před 4 lety +24

    The only time Vincent Price played a genuine, non-campy villain in a film. Great movie.

    • @katharinatrine
      @katharinatrine Před 4 lety +6

      In Theater Of Blood, another great one, he was not campy either, I don't think...

    • @Horror-Man
      @Horror-Man Před 4 lety +6

      @@katharinatrine Dude, that was literally one of his campiest films.

    • @panzerriff
      @panzerriff Před 4 lety +4

      @@Horror-Man Yeah, there was some camp, but he was also genuinely scary too.

  • @user-lh3gp2gm1p
    @user-lh3gp2gm1p Před 12 dny +1

    Very sad story about the poor suffering folk who were exeuted for being witches. I saw this film when I was a kid in the U.S. more than 40 years ago, and it scared me and distressed me a lot. But still interesting viewing.

  • @HaakonOdinsson
    @HaakonOdinsson Před 5 měsíci

    Just bought the 4K version of this, and the picture quality is amazing

  • @pbworld7858
    @pbworld7858 Před 11 měsíci +3

    This must have been one of the most brutal and evil characters that Vincent Price ever played.

  • @alexcandlin6558
    @alexcandlin6558 Před rokem +2

    Can you please find the Vincent Price version of Masque of the Red Death?

  • @johnporter3659
    @johnporter3659 Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks for uploading. The early scene with the roundhead patrol being ambushed is usually cut, as is the ending.

  • @miladydewinter7770
    @miladydewinter7770 Před 2 lety +5

    That is a scene that has haunted me for ever -- that poor woman being slowly lowered into the flames.

  • @zoranjeremic3496
    @zoranjeremic3496 Před 4 lety +2

    Super Film Dankeschön 😊 😊 😊 👍 👍 👍 👌 👌 👌 👏 👏 👏 👏

  • @jasonking1284
    @jasonking1284 Před 3 lety +8

    Even by todays standards, this movie is quite disturbing....

    • @Myke-ju5lg
      @Myke-ju5lg Před 11 měsíci

      The Hostel movies are far more disturbing.

    • @jasonking1284
      @jasonking1284 Před 11 měsíci

      @@Myke-ju5lg And The Human Centipede are even worse...

  • @D4veJap4n
    @D4veJap4n Před rokem +3

    This is genuinely upsetting. And even worse to think this is actually what went on.
    I’ve seen what whispers and quiet comments can do in modern day. I’ve watched whispers from one girl pass around the room while the victim had no idea. I watched as the other women glanced at the male victim and whispered the secret on to others. Then men hear it and glance at him too, their knuckles white from clenching their fists.

  • @htlong6993
    @htlong6993 Před 4 lety +4

    Excellent movie classic starring the icon Vincent Price. Two Thumbs Up!

  • @jakelloyd461
    @jakelloyd461 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for uploading

  • @ManataxImplosion
    @ManataxImplosion Před 4 lety +3

    It was 2am and I have earphones on that lion roar into scared me for good

  • @davidaitchison3282
    @davidaitchison3282 Před 4 lety +1

    Vincent Price at his finest. He was such a bad man! lol Nice cliff hanger at the end, could have made a good sequel if they could have found a new bad boy to play the lead. Oh, and a storyline wouldn't hurt either.

  • @tinahole2181
    @tinahole2181 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Love Vincent price he was a legend an a brill actor they dont make them like they use to..he had the face for horror.. .his films r the best enjoy peeps 😊

  • @spookylicker
    @spookylicker Před 4 lety +2

    MAJOR RESPECT

  • @triciawhite8706
    @triciawhite8706 Před 4 lety +14

    Can I say I love the husband in this movie? He risks everything to see his beloved safe. Also, he knew she willingly let herself be violated to save her uncle while under duress. He could have easily left her or killed her on the spot out of sheer toxic masculinity. But he didn't treat her as property. He didn't even admonish, cast her aside, or get angry at her. Instead, he marries her on the spot to ensure his fidelity and protection and sees to it that she is taken care of to the best of his ability. It is super radical at a time period when a woman was basically considered property.

  • @aidanlynn
    @aidanlynn Před 3 lety +4

    Apparently Dover to East Anglia is only a 5 minute horseride away. 😂

  • @mykehyslop198
    @mykehyslop198 Před rokem

    My favourite film.Thank you.

  • @joannahase8231
    @joannahase8231 Před 4 lety +3

    I read that Nicky Henson died recently, so I'm going through his old movies. Is life seems to have been more varied than I gave him credit for. He did a lot of stage work and received good reviews. Big mistake at the end, would a roundhead protestant soldier cross himself?

  • @lindamulholland8512
    @lindamulholland8512 Před 4 lety +7

    Vincent price was one of my favorite actors along side christopher lee , and bela logosi and the other guy , for the life of me i can't remember his name ! I just remember it ! Peter cushing and also. Lon chaney ! I loved all the movies they starred in ! These witch hunts were so wrong ! So many innocent people died because other people thought they were casting spells and practicing witch craft. The people that executed the accused were the ones that were witches !

    • @robertcooke1774
      @robertcooke1774 Před 4 lety +1

      peter cushing?.

    • @peteryoxen4485
      @peteryoxen4485 Před 4 lety +1

      Linda Mulholland generally speaking the accuser was a neighbour who saw an opportunity to seize property on the cheap.There is also clear evidence that the motive was sexual,the humiliation inflicted upon women ensured their compliance.

    • @baishampayandas5056
      @baishampayandas5056 Před rokem

      Add Boris Karloff to the list and it's done

  • @davidwilliams776
    @davidwilliams776 Před 3 lety +3

    Lovely happy ending 🙏

  • @kimmaddison8686
    @kimmaddison8686 Před 3 měsíci +1

    its april 14th 2024 7,40 am in wiltshire england what a amazing film thankgod for you tube so can watch this when i like xxxx

  • @forestdweller5581
    @forestdweller5581 Před 4 lety +11

    Witchfinder: "My motive here today was to discover the truth". Unbuttons her shirt.....lol :)

  • @cerievans1734
    @cerievans1734 Před 4 lety +8

    I kept expecting Kenneth Williams and Barbra Windsor to make an appearance.

  • @james87367
    @james87367 Před 18 dny

    One of the best British films ever made.

  • @pdlawson-venusloon359
    @pdlawson-venusloon359 Před 3 lety +2

    Awesome.

  • @northerncrapthattalksback6589

    The greatest story ever told

  • @joseabad9416
    @joseabad9416 Před 4 lety +1

    Best of the best.

  • @greglyons2526
    @greglyons2526 Před 3 lety +3

    VP is brilliant in this

  • @lukeallan8876
    @lukeallan8876 Před 3 lety +3

    Very good movie ,

  • @hhvictor2462
    @hhvictor2462 Před 4 lety +8

    Vincent Price's best flick imho. and directed by a young, obsessive, ill-fated drug addict. Btw, a young Tom Baker (#4 Doctor Who) is also in it.

    • @gubernatorial1723
      @gubernatorial1723 Před rokem

      Too much time on the internet, but was a Tom Baker a part writer of this?

  • @AlexandraPeters70
    @AlexandraPeters70 Před 4 lety +2

    Another witch hunter older movie favorite :)))

  • @TheDfarhie
    @TheDfarhie Před 4 lety +18

    I saw this as a kid titled "The Conqueror Worm".

    • @Ozziecatsmom
      @Ozziecatsmom Před 4 lety +2

      David Farhie That was its title for North America I think. I remember watching it on tv as a kid with that title too.

    • @badtothedrone5082
      @badtothedrone5082 Před 4 lety +4

      The Conqueror Worm" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about human mortality and the inevitability of death. FYI.

    • @CHT420
      @CHT420 Před 4 lety

      Me too

    • @alondathomas293
      @alondathomas293 Před 4 lety +1

      @@badtothedrone5082:
      Yeah, it was released in the U.S. with the title ""The Conqueror Worm", because Poe horror flicks had been real popular at the time (such as Masque of The Red Death and all that) and so any Poe title was considered more marketable at the time. "The Witchfinder General" was the original British title.

  • @MsrAlaindeFerrier
    @MsrAlaindeFerrier Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent movie

  • @robertgillon9197
    @robertgillon9197 Před 2 lety +2

    What a list of real and proper names.

  • @tb4234
    @tb4234 Před 2 lety +3

    what an ending!!

  • @alanmeires
    @alanmeires Před rokem +4

    Who spotted step toe ? 😂

    • @ComicGladiator
      @ComicGladiator Před rokem

      I did, he was the dirty old man! (Selling horses)