かつてこの地で魔女狩りが行なわれたという言い伝えのある町、ブライス・ホロー。この町に住む少年ノーマンは、死者たちと話せる特殊能力を持っていたが、そのせいで周囲からは変人扱いされ、家でも学校でもたえず居心地の悪い想いを味わっていた。そんなある日ノーマンは、ブレンダーガストおじさんから奇妙な話を聞かされる。それは、300年前に封印された魔女の魂が悪霊を呼び、町を滅ぼそうとしているというものだった。
In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.
During a witch trial in the seventeenth century a woman is accused of being a witch and burned at the stake. The witch curse the village priest who pushed through the accusations and promises that her offspring will avenge her. During the Caroline the priest's son take over as vicar of the congregation, and the daughter of the witch bewitches him so that he suffers constant erection. This is off course very embarrassing for the vicar. The local women has to step in and try to set things right
In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.
A group of people who have escaped from their condemnation as witches, raid a witch trial. Besides rescuing the condemned witch, however, the leader of the group has a completely different goal. She wants to kill the witch judge who was also responsible for the execution of her family.
A BBC dramatization of the Pendle witch trials of Lancashire, England that occurred in 1616.
This dramatic story is situated in the town of Trnava of the 18th century. Painter Peter paints an altar-piece of the Martyrdom of St. Juliet and his model is a young girl. This is much disliked by the clergy who unjustly accuse the girl of witchcraft. She is saved from being burnt at a stake by the students of the Trnava University. (IMDb)
When a respected historian vanishes investigating the infamous Pendle Witch Trials of 1612, his daughter must undertake a rescue mission while uncovering the truth about the evil Demdike.
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 witch.
A young peasant wants to marry, but the despotic sovereign chooses the bride for one night on the basis of the "ius primae noctis" and declares her fair game. In despair, the young woman turns away from God and towards a Satanic cult. After returning from a campaign, the tyrant pursues her at the insistence of the fanatical village priest. She is confronted and murdered. This act shakes up the peasants; they rise up against the lords.