Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General

In 1645, during the English Civil War, Matthew Hopkins, an opportunistic witch hunter, takes advantage of the breakdown in social order to impose a reign of terror in East Anglia. Hopkins and his assistant, John Stearne, visit various villages to torture confessions out of suspected witches. They charge the local magistrates for the work they carry out. Vincent Price stars as Matthew Hopkins, who, along with his colleague John Stearne, brutalizes "confessions" out of suspected witches.