Bloody Judge, The (1970)

aka’s: Il Trono Di Fuoco/Der Hexentöter Von Blackmoor/El Proceso De Las Brujas/El Juez Sangriento

Historical drama, Jess Franco-style: the Spanish exploitation auteur gives audiences a version of the witch-hunting Judge Jeffries’ story that they won’t soon forget! Jeffries (Christopher Lee) is a 17th Century judge who displays his loyalty to the king by indiscriminate executions, often on charges of witchcraft. Alicia Grey (Margaret Lee) finds herself facing just such a charge; when her sister Mary (Maria Rohm) visits Jeffries to plead for her release, the judge is compliant, but only if she is willing to fulfill his sexual demands. She refuses, and her sister is burned at the stake, but Mary will not get off so easily… Also stars Maria Schell and Leo Genn.