list Witchfinder General's Recent Activity - Spout http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Witchfinder General on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg Witchfinder General's Recent Activity - Spout http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 Film:Witchfinder General http://www.spout.com/films/Witchfinder_General/6950/default.aspx Title: Witchfinder General
Year: 1968
Director: Michael Reeves
Plot: A corrupt opportunist commits brutal crimes in the name of God and country in this atmospheric period horror tale. In 17th century England, as a people's uprising threatens Lord Cromwell's rule, superstition still rules the land, and the Royalists use this to their advantage by inaugurating a reign of terror in the name of wiping out alleged witches and agents of the dark arts. Matthew Hopkins (Vincent Price) has been appointed "witchfinder" by Puritan Royalists, and with the help of his thuggish assistant Stearne (Robert Russell), Hopkins travels from town to town, brutally interrogating those accused of witchcraft and using fire, drowning, and torture to extract "confessions" from the accused. Of course, Hopkins' opinions can be swayed with money and other considerations, and when Father Lowes (Rupert Davies), a priest whose sympathies do not lie with the Royalists, is arrested and tortured by Hopkins and Stearne, his devoted niece Sarah (Hilary Dwyer) is able to stay his punishment by sleeping with Hopkins. Sarah, however, is engaged to marry Marshall (Ian Ogilvy), a soldier in Cromwell's army, and once Marshall learns that the woman he loves has been seduced by Hopkins -- and raped by Stearne -- he becomes determined to expose the witchfinder and punish him for his misdeeds. Witchfinder General was released in the United States by American International Pictures, who in addition to arranging for Vincent Price to play Matthew Hopkins, changed the North American title to The Conqueror Worm, after a poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was read over the credits by Price, though the story bears no real relation to Poe's work. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:05:10 GMTWitchfinder General1968Michael ReevesA corrupt opportunist commits brutal crimes in the name of God and country in this atmospheric period horror tale. In 17th century England, as a people's uprising threatens Lord Cromwell's rule, superstition still rules the land, and the Royalists use this to their advantage by inaugurating a reign of terror in the name of wiping out alleged witches and agents of the dark arts. Matthew Hopkins (<a href="/players/P____57806/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Vincent Price</a>) has been appointed "witchfinder" by Puritan Royalists, and with the help of his thuggish assistant Stearne (Robert Russell), Hopkins travels from town to town, brutally interrogating those accused of witchcraft and using fire, drowning, and torture to extract "confessions" from the accused. Of course, Hopkins' opinions can be swayed with money and other considerations, and when Father Lowes (<a href="/players/P____86857/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Rupert Davies</a>), a priest whose sympathies do not lie with the Royalists, is arrested and tortured by Hopkins and Stearne, his devoted niece Sarah (Hilary Dwyer) is able to stay his punishment by sleeping with Hopkins. Sarah, however, is engaged to marry Marshall (<a href="/players/P____53851/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ian Ogilvy</a>), a soldier in Cromwell's army, and once Marshall learns that the woman he loves has been seduced by Hopkins -- and raped by Stearne -- he becomes determined to expose the witchfinder and punish him for his misdeeds. Witchfinder General was released in the United States by American International Pictures, who in addition to arranging for <a href="/players/P____57806/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Vincent Price</a> to play Matthew Hopkins, changed the North American title to The Conqueror Worm, after a poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was read over the credits by Price, though the story bears no real relation to Poe's work. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide2Slightly Tagged (1-5)913http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u42345q4yuy.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Witchfinder_General/6950/default.aspxFilm Spout Post: Re:This SHOULD be a movie... http://www.spout.com/groups/The_Film_Library/Re_This_SHOULD_be_a_movie/512/35691/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Dr_Gor
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Body: [quote user="seely"] Interesting... any of them actually worth watching? I had assumed somewhere along the way someone would have borrowed the material, but I guess I would be surprised if it was done well or with any amount of care/budget! [quote user="Dr_Gor"] Actually, ALL of the E. A. Poe stories listed above HAVE been made into movies! (Or were part of anthology movies) ... [/quote] [/quote] While there have been other adaptions of Poe's work over the years, The one's staring Vincent Price were generally considered the best. Most (if not all) of these adaptions were very well crafted by AIP. In the 1960's, Poe and Price were an unbeatable combination. The Oblong Box Spirits of the Dead Witchfinder General The City Under The Sea The Tomb of Ligea The Masque of the Red Death The Haunted Palace The Raven Tales of Terror Pit and the Pendulum House of Usher < GOR >
]]>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:05:10 GMTDr_GorThe Film Library9/29/2008 2:05:10 PM[quote user="seely"] Interesting... any of them actually worth watching? I had assumed somewhere along the way someone would have borrowed the material, but I guess I would be surprised if it was done well or with any amount of care/budget! [quote user="Dr_Gor"] Actually, ALL of the E. A. Poe stories listed above HAVE been made into movies! (Or were part of anthology movies) ... [/quote] [/quote] While there have been other adaptions of Poe's work over the years, The one's staring Vincent Price were generally considered the best. Most (if not all) of these adaptions were very well crafted by AIP. In the 1960's, Poe and Price were an unbeatable combination. The Oblong Box Spirits of the Dead Witchfinder General The City Under The Sea The Tomb of Ligea The Masque of the Red Death The Haunted Palace The Raven Tales of Terror Pit and the Pendulum House of Usher &lt; GOR &gt; Spout Tag:torture http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/torture/MemberTagFilms.aspxtorture
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