Friday 3 August 2012

Witchfinder General and The Ninth Gate: Horror double bill

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WitchFinder General (aka The Conqueror Worm):

Directed by Michael Reeves (1968)

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"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."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063285/

 

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The Ninth Gate :

Directed by Roman Polanski (1999)

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"A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142688/

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(see all the 9th gate engravings  ~ http://verdoux.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-ninth-gate-1999/)

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