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In the U. S., while censorship of the film has never been a factor, the film nonetheless experienced numerous delays in appearing on home video in its originally intended form.

When Orion Pictures acquired the rights to many of AIP's titles in the 1980s, they were unable to also purchase rights to the musical soundtracks of some of the films, and added synthesizer scores by composer Kendall Schmidt in lieu of the original music.

Witchfinder General was one of these " problem " titles.

For years, Paul Ferris's acclaimed full orchestral score was not available in the U. S. on home video releases, although it was included on theatrical and syndicated television prints.

The HBO videotape release from the late 1980s utilized the Orion version, which also included the nude inserts.

Tim Lucas noted that the spoken soundtrack to these newly added " spicy " shots " doesn't match it correctly.