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Witchhammer AKA Kladivo na carodejnice AKA The Witch Hunt AKA Witches' Hammer (Blu-ray) (1970)
1678: 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.Director: Otakar Vávra
Year of Copyright: 1969
Year of Production: 1969
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray): Woodland Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
DISC TWO (Blu-ray): Eyes of Fire
DISC THREE (Blu-ray): Leptirica and Devicanska Svirka
DISC FOUR (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Audio Commentary by Czech film historian and curator Irena Kovarova (2021)
The Projection Booth Podcast: "Witchhammer" 2021 episode (#537) with host Mike White & guest critics Samm Deighan and Rahne Alexander (plays as an alternate audio track over the film) (62:18)
"The Womb of Woman is the Gateway to Hell: An Appreciation of Witchhammer by Kat Ellinger" 2017 video essay (22:17)
Viy (Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko, 1967; 76:34)
"From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film" 2019 interview (34:46)
Silent Film Excerpts (Russian intertitles with English subtitles, 480i; with "Play All" option):
- "The Portrait" (1915; 6:19)
- "The Queen of Spades" (1916; 13:12)
- "Satan Exultant" (1917; 15:36)
Russian Theatrical Trailer (1:53)
DISC FIVE (Blu-ray): Lake of the Dead and Tilbury
DISC SIX (Blu-ray): The Dreaming and Kadaicha
DISC SEVEN (Blu-ray): Celia and Alison's Birthday
DISC EIGHT (Blu-ray): Wilczyca and Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach
DISC NINE (Blu-ray): Clearcut
DISC TEN (Blu-ray): Il demonio and Dark Waters
DISC ELEVEN (Blu-ray): A Field in England and Anchoress
DISC TWELVE (Blu-ray): Penda's Fen and Robin Redbreast
DISC THIRTEEN (CD)
"Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched" soundtrack by Jim Williams (62:49; 39 tracks):
- 1. "Wounds That Were So Red" (1:06)
- 2. "Hell is Deeper That the Sea" (3:00)
- 3. "The Stalk is Withered Dry" (3:20)
- 4. "A Grave Long, Wide and Deep" (1:20)
- 5. "He Shall Sing Us a Mass" (5:22)
- 6. "Mantle of Red Scarlet" (1:32)
- 7. "Order of the Coffin Opened Wide" (2:20)
- 8. "The Darkling Thrush" (1:10)
- 9. "Livelong Winter's Night" (1:40)
- 10. "The Nine Witch Knots" (1:02)
- 11. "The Mirk and the Midnight Hour" (1:06)
- 12. "High Hanged Should He Be" (0:40)
- 13. "An Ill Death May She Die" (0:46)
- 14. "Penance I Will Give Thee None" (1:14)
- 15. "If the Devil Won't Be Damned" (2:22)
- 16. "I Saw Him Laid in Clay" (3:00)
- 17. "She Wept Most Bitterly" (0:36)
- 18. "This Cursed Hand of Mine" (0:54)
- 19. "Heart's Blood ... "(3:00)
- 20. "A Fire of Coals to Burn Her" (3:00)
- 21. "… On the Ground" (3:00)
- 22. "She the Fiend Did Name" (1:10)
- 23. "Gone in the Devil's Name" (1:36)
- 24. "The Stair it Was Full Fifteen Steps" (0:50)
- 25. "A Great and Gruesome Beast" (1:51)
- 26. "Lambkin" (1:06)
- 27. "By Oak and Ash and Bitter Thorn" (0:54)
- 28. "She Saw the Flames Ascending High" (2:07)
- 29. "Your Eyes They Look So Dim" (2:02)
- 30. "Eyes as Black as Sloe" (1:14)
- 31. "The Hour of Gloaming Gray" (1:06)
- 32. "Many a Widow Poor" (0:36)
- 33. "Drinking of the Blood-Red Wine" (0:40)
- 34. "The New Moon Clear" (0:52)
- 35. "Pay for Fouling the Well" (0:26)
- 36. "Witch of the Vilest Kind" (1:11)
- 37. "I Have Come for to See You Hang" (0:54)
- 38. "Vanished in a Cloud of Mist" (0:52)
- 39. "There is a Place Prepared in Hell" (1:52)
DISC FOURTEEN (CD)
"The White People: Part 1" by Arthur Machen, read by Linda Hayden (43:12; 2 tracks):
- Track 1 (19:30)
- Track 2 (23:42)
DISC FIFTEEN (CD)
"The White People: Part 2" by Arthur Machen, read by Linda Hayden (50:14; 2 tracks):
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Czech DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Extras are in English and in 1080p unless noted.
HD restored master supplied by the Czech Film Center.
Comes in a special case with a 126-page illustrated book curated by Janisse and designed by Luke Insect featuring all-new writings by renowned film scholars, authors and historians. -
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Extras:"The Womb of Woman is the Gateway to Hell" 2017 appreciation by Kat Ellinger (22:21)
"The Light Penetrates the Dark" 1931 short film (4:46) -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Czech LPCM 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with an essay booklet by Samm Deighan.
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Gallery (0:42)
DISC TWO (DVD Copy) -
Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Czech LPCM 2.0 mono
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Case type:Digipak
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
*The Film
Still Gallery (3:02)
Trailers:
- "The Aspyhx"
- "Ferat Vampire"
- "The Blood Beast Terror"
- "Satan's Blood"
- "Beauty and the Beast"
- "I, Justice"
- "Krakatite"
- "This Island Earth"
- "The Mole People"
- "The List of Adrian Messenger"
DISC TWO (CD)
Audio play "The Elixirs of the Devil" by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Part 1 (78:57, in German)
DISC THREE (CD)
Audio play "The Elixirs of the Devil" by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Part 2 (35:54, in German) -
Subtitles:English and German
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Czech DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Release title: "Hexen-hammer".
Comes in a slipcase with a 12-page booklet by film historian Christian Ade. -
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OVERALL: Draw
The US release has the most extras, including the video essay found on the UK release.
The UK release has an exclusive short film. -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror America- Severin Films - No cuts (106:49)
- Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom- Second Run - No cuts (106:48)
- Blu-ray B France- Artus Films - No cuts (106:43)
- Blu-ray B Germany- Ostalgica - No cuts (106:58)
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Comparison added by Eric_Cotenas on 06/11/17
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 21/10/22UPDATE LOG:
06/11/17: Initial entry.
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30/01/22: Added US.
17/02/22: Tagline.
21/10/22: Added France.
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