About this episode

The episode discusses the films Rasputin the Mad Monk and Witchfinder General, focusing on their portrayal of violence and terror through the lens of horror cinema.

While we would never want to accuse anyone of wrapping themselves in religion to justify acts of violence and terror, Hammer Films and Tigon Pictures were not as circumspect as we. However, it does give us the opportunity to see Christopher Lee go full Batman villain in 1966's Rasputin the Mad Monk. After that, Vincent Price actually manages not to go full Batman villain in 1968's Witchfinder General. Email: info@channel-37.com Twitter: @WHXN37

Topics covered

• Hammer Films
• Tigon Pictures
• Rasputin the Mad Monk
• Witchfinder General
• film analysis
• horror movies

Keywords

• Rasputin the Mad Monk
• Witchfinder General
• Christopher Lee
• Vincent Price
• Hammer Films
• Tigon Pictures
• horror films

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hammer Films, Tigon Pictures

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