TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooper,Ian
TI  - Witchfinder Generall
T2  - Devil's advocates
SN  - 9781906733940
AV  - PN 2061 C777w 2011
U1  - 727.9 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Leighton Buzzard [UK]
PB  - Auteur
KW  - Witchfinder General (Motion picture : 1968)
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - History
KW  - 20160300
KW  - Artes escénicas
KW  - Enseñanza
KW  - Centros para artes escénicas
KW  - Proyectos
N1  - Introduction --  The place of the film --  Context, production and reception --  Analysis --  The influence of the film
N2  - Witchfinder General (1968), known as The Conqueror Worm in America, was directed by Michael Reeves and occupies a unique place in British cinema. Equally praised and vilified, the film fictionalizes the exploits of Matthew Hopkins, a prolific, real-life ""witch hunter, "" during the English Civil War. For critic Mark Kermode, the release proved to be ""the single most significant horror film produced in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, "" while playwright Alan Bennett called the work ""the most persistently sadistic and rotten film I've ever seen."" Steadily gaining a cult reputation, unimp
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