Anno di produzione: 1968

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: UK
Versioni alternative: - All British versions prior to 1996 were as cut by the censor on original release. The Redemption Video release restores this material from European laserdiscs. - European release versions use alternate takes of the tavern scenes, including some nudity. - The American version, retitled The Conqueror Worm, features opening and closing narration from Edgar Allen Poe's poem of the same name.
Genere: Horror
Lingue: English
Plot: 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.
Visti censura internazionale: USA:Unrated Sweden:15 Australia:R UK:18 Finland:(Banned)
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