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

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..

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

Vincent Price - a great actor.

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.

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 ?

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

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.

back when england was really good ole england.

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

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.

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 !

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

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

Sad the actress who played Sara died of covid :(

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.

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

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.🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️🐊🐊🐊

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.

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

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

Possibly Price's greatest performance.

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.

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

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.

... 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

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.

SUCH a good film.

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

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

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

Just found this channel. Fantastic ! Thank you

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 😊

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

My favourite film.Thank you.

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.

Thank you for uploading in such good quality

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Thank you for uploading

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

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!

MAJOR RESPECT

Awesome.

The greatest story ever told

Very good movie ,

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.

Lovely happy ending 🙏

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

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

Who spotted step toe ? 😂

Another British film good cast

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

Best of the best.

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

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

Excellent movie

I love this movie.

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

Great acting.

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?

VP is brilliant in this

What a list of real and proper names.

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

Another witch hunter older movie favorite :)))

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

Amazing film

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 !

Classic 👍

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

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

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

nice movie

Fave film