Witchfinder General
Movie • 1968 • Drama
ReportEngland, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter…
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Depends on your interpretation, but I would say so. The brutality fits with the story but it's also clear that the Witchfinder General/Matthew Hopkins and Stearne are enjoying this. It's difficult to watch as a woman/femme.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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the nature of the witch hunts could be described as having elements of gaslighting. people are told they are witches with little evidence and forced to confess despite knowing they aren't.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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a man gets very drunk in a bar and is seen in the morning passed out.
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Does a horse die?
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unclear, a man shoots at a horseback soldier chasing him from long distance, and the horse collapses. we don't see its injuries and don't know if it survives, but a conversation after implies it didn't.
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a horse possibly dies from a gunshot wound, but it's unclear.
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Is there a dead animal?
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AJMiller
Soldiers roast a bird; dead rabbits hang in a tavern scene.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Dead rabbits seen hanging in a pub.
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a man emotionally coerces a woman into sex. scene cuts away before the act. a man chases and tackles a woman to assault her. it cuts away before we see anything. another man witnesses the act but leaves.
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I am checking yes simply because the pre-rape assaults are shown on-screen and we hear a lot of screaming.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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a man cuts (or pricks?) another man several times in the back with a small, sharp object - possibly an awl? blood is drawn. a man stabs another man in the back in a later scene. he then digs into a bloody wound on his arm with an awl, presumably to remove a bullet. (this part isn't that graphic, we don't really see him doing it.) a woman is stabbed in the back several times with an awl. in the climax of the movie (SPOILERS) a man kills another man with an axe. bloody, but not gory.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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several people are drowned and struggle to breathe. a man shot in the chest seems to gag on his own blood.
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Is someone burned alive?
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a woman is burned at a stake in front of a whole town of people, in what is maybe one of the most disturbing scenes in the movie.
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Is there a hanging?
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the first scene involves hanging a woman as part of the witch hunts. a man and woman are hanged, but we don't see the act, just their hanging bodies.
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a man is held down and stabbed/pricked multiple times with a sharp object. he's then forced to run laps around a table while he bleeds. a woman is chained up in prison and slapped until she bleeds. lots of screaming. a group of women in a pen are prodded with sticks by a mob of people. a bloody woman is tied to a post to be burned. a woman is tied up and stabbed in the back several times with an awl.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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you don't see anything too graphic, but a man kicks his heel into another man's eye when he's on the ground, we see the area bloody.
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Family
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A woman is drowned after saying she is pregnant; a paternal figure is hanged as a witch near the end of the first act
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Is someone kidnapped?
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a man and several women are dragged through town by an angry.
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Does someone cheat?
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a married woman is coerced into sex. i don't consider this cheating because it is clearly against her will, but some might.
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However, someone does gag on blood
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Does someone spit?
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men spit on the floor in multiple scenes.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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There is acute traumatic stress in the aftermath but not PTSD per se.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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a woman declares she is pregnant before being drowned by an angry mob.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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hermitcrab
Use of the word "cripple" in one scene.
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Does the black guy die first?
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This is an all-white cast.
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there are some misogynistic remarks about women.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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a couple has sex in bed. kissing and naked backs are shown, but nothing too explicit. the scene lasts about a minute.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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(SPOILERS) the two main characters survive, but it is implied they will be traumatized by their experiences.
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three people are thrown in a river, tied up, until one of them drowns.
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Is there blood/gore?
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people bleed from gunshot wounds in the back and head. a men bleeds from stab wounds in his back. a man has a bloody gunshot wound on his arm, which he digs into with an awl to remove the bullet. (it isn't very graphic, we don't really see him doing this.) a man who was shot in the chest bleeds profusely from his nose and mouth, leaking everywhere. blood smears on the wall when he's shot.
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Is there gun violence?
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a soldier is shot in the back by another with a rifle. you can see blood leaking from the wound and a bullet hole in his coat. more gunshots heard in the distance, and screaming. a man attempts to shoot someone and another soldier shoots first. it shows the bloody corpse with a bullet hole in the head. a man shoots another man in the chest.
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