30. Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General (1968)

What’s this, a secret Edgar Allan Poe adaptation starring Vincent Price? NOPE! Just a little Bucklecore historical fiction film about a man, his best friend, and their shared dream of accusing people of witchcraft, torturing them into confessing their witchery and devil-worship, and making a fortune in the process. What could be rapier than that? (see episode for additional sword puns). Join us as we delve into one of the Unholy Trinity of English Folk Horror grandpappies in the most 30th episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast.

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The Loathsome Things Official Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time List
(of those we've reviewed for an episode of Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast)

(1) Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974)
(2) George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)
(3) Miike Takashi’s Audition (1999)
(4) Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974)
(5) David Prior’s The Empty Man (2020)
(6) Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982)
(7) Nicolas Roeg’s Don't Look Now (1973)
(8) José Mojica Marins’ At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (1964)
(9) Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth (2021)
(10) David Bruckner's The Ritual (2014)

 

Honorable Mentions:
Beyond the Door III (1989) – Not a great horror movie, but so much fun to watch!
The Pit (1981) – Watch this coming-of-age story about seeing boobs and feeding