Storyline

Monomaniacal witch hunter Lord Edward Whitman (Vincent Price) cruelly persecutes the peasants in his corner of Elizabethan England, manufacturing charges and meting out punishment without regard to justice. While trying to wipe out a coven of witches, he fails to take into account the possibility that real witches might have real power. He is unprepared when Oona (Elisabeth Bergner), the head of the coven, transforms a trusted member of Whitman's household into a vehicle of demonic vengeance.

Plot Keywords

lord, witch, peasant, stableman, chilling, gory, melodramatic, campy, england, castle, village, evil, witchcraft, persecution, torture, satanism, possession, pursuit, revenge, metamorphosis, elizabethan era

Short Review

Though it lacks that the pathos of 'Witchfinder General', 'Cry of the Banshee' still gives Vincent Price the opportunity to show off his slightly more dramatic chops in a lush horror period piece.

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