Is Witchfinder General actually good?

Witchfinder General sits in the 77.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 77.9% of them.

How does Witchfinder General compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, Witchfinder General lands in the 70.9% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Witchfinder General's score based on?

161 calibrated reviewers stand behind Witchfinder General's score.

1968

global pct

77.9

Film · 1968 · Films · 1960s

Witchfinder General

Name: Witchfinder General
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: 1968

Scored from 161 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

77.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

70.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

94.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

161 calibrated reviewers

Summary

During the English Civil War, self-appointed witch hunter Matthew Hopkins travels the countryside extracting confessions and executions for profit under the guise of religious authority. When he targets a young woman in a Suffolk village, her soldier fiance vows brutal vengeance against Hopkins and his sadistic assistant.

Witchfinder General is a 1968 drama and horror film.

The calibrated figure is built from 161 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 162 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1960s films — 1,929 of them.

Is Witchfinder General (1968) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 161
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1960s

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