'Witch Finder General' with 'A Field in England'
Mon 5 Feb 2018
Witchfinder General
(1968, UK, cert. 15)
Dir: Michael Reeves. With Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies
A disturbing tale set during the English Civil War. Vincent Price stars as corrupt real-life inquisitor who travels across an idyllic East Anglian landscape, extracting confessions of witchcraft in a brutal reign of terror.
Duration 86 minutes
A Field in England
(2013, UK, cert. 15)
Dir: Ben Wheatley. With Julian Barratt, Michael Smiley, Reece Shearsmith
This nightmarish black comedy, again set during the English Civil War, follows a group of deserters drugged and tricked by an alchemist into looking for nearby buried treasure. What follows is eerily beautiful and deeply unsettling.
Duration 87 minutes
