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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cooper, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leighton Buzzard [UK] : Auteur, 2011.
Colección:Devil's advocates.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (105 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-105).
ISBN:9781906733940
1906733945
9781800346857
1800346859