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According to AIP's Louis Heyward, Witchfinder General " was very successful in Germany — it was the most successful of the violence pictures — it started a vogue.

" " Copycat " films financed, or partially financed, by German production companies included Mark of the Devil ( 1970 ), with Herbert Lom and Udo Kier, The Bloody Judge ( 1970 ), directed by Jesus Franco and starring Christopher Lee, and Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält ( 1973 ), released in the U. S. years later on video as Mark of the Devil Part II.