Michael Reeves

Writing

Michael Reeves

Born — Died

1943-10-17 — 1969-02-11

Place of birth

Sutton, London, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

12 titles

Michael Reeves (17 October 1943 – 11 February 1969) was an English film director and screenwriter, best known for the 1968 film Witchfinder General. Reeves died in London at the age of 25 from an accidental alcohol and barbiturate overdose shortly after the film's release.

Known for

Witchfinder General poster
6.5

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

Witchfinder General

1968

The Castle of the Living Dead poster
6.1

Count Drago invites over entertainers to his castle, but what the people don't know is that Drago mummifies animals and humans!

The Castle of the Living Dead

1964

The She Beast poster
5.0

A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them.

The She Beast

1966

The Sorcerers poster
6.2

An aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts.

The Sorcerers

1967

The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves poster
NR

Although he was only 25 when he died Michael Reeves opened up genre cinema to new possibilities. Now considered one of the forefathers of folk horror for his groundbreaking masterpiece Witchfinder General (1968) Reeves certainly left his mark as a director. The fact he wasn't around long enough to expand on his legacy, let alone celebrate it, is one of the biggest tragedies of British film history.

The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves

2019

No artwork available
5.0

Early short film by director Michael Reeves, where two young men break into a house and terrorise the woman who ives there.

Intrusion

1961

Film credits

Behind the camera

Witchfinder General poster
6.5

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

Witchfinder General

1968

Witchfinder General poster
6.5

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

Witchfinder General

1968

The Castle of the Living Dead poster
6.1

Count Drago invites over entertainers to his castle, but what the people don't know is that Drago mummifies animals and humans!

The Castle of the Living Dead

1964

The She Beast poster
5.0

A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them.

The She Beast

1966

The She Beast poster
5.0

A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them.

The She Beast

1966

The She Beast poster
5.0

A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them.

The She Beast

1966

The Sorcerers poster
6.2

An aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts.

The Sorcerers

1967

The Sorcerers poster
6.2

An aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts.

The Sorcerers

1967

The Sorcerers poster
6.2

An aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts.

The Sorcerers

1967

No artwork available
5.0

Early short film by director Michael Reeves, where two young men break into a house and terrorise the woman who ives there.

Intrusion

1961