Witch Hunt Movies

In the late 16th century Europe was in the grip of a ferocious witch hunt, where thousands were tortured and burnt at the stake. The church was fully...

This documentary takes an in-depth look at the witch hunts that swept Europe just a few hundred years ago. False accusations and trials led to massive...

Religious zeal, paranoia and trumped-up charges. For a century, they fueled brutal scourges that claimed innocent lives. Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb investi...

In 1880, an inexperienced prosecutor must indict a group of people accused of witchcraft and murder on the island of Chiloé. Meanwhile, a young peasan...

When Arabella, daughter of a vicar falls pregnant out of wedlock, she seeks help from the notorious woman of the woods ‘Hawisia'- who is said to be a...

The dramatized story of a young high school teacher who is falsely accused of communist sympathies is used to demonstrate how baseless accusations can...

This shocking documentary reveals the plight of young Nigerians branded as witches.

When the ugly truth about a local woman's tastes come to light, there are dire consequences for everyone involved.

In 1890, in one of the villages of Ukrainian Polissia, a man died under mysterious circumstances. The locals blamed his wife, a young healer, and bani...

The men in the village are dying one by one. The disease is spreading, and so is the paranoia. It must be darker forces at play, and the villagers on...

A modern day witch hunter condemns beautiful female satanists to death by hanging, burning, drowning, electrocution and decapitation! There is no esca...

The film immerses us in the imaginary world of witchcraft crimes. This historical Swiss documentary reveals the workings of a hellish judicial machine...