Witchfinder General

Witch finder General, directed by Michael Reeves, occupies a unique place in British cinema, praised and vilified in equal measure. This 1968 production tells a fictionalised version of the exploits of Matthew Hopkins, a prolific, real-life 'witch hunter during the English Civil War. For critic Mark Kermode it is 'the single most significant horror film produced in the UK in the 1960s' while for playwright Alan Bennett it was 'the most persistently sadistic and rotten film I've ever seen'. It steadily gained a cult reputation, not hampered by the death of director Reeves, aged just 25, months…