Originally released in 1966, the witches is an unforgettably chilling pastoral horror from the legendary hammer films studio'. '.strtoupper('a')dapted for the screen by nigel kneale the quatermass xperiment it also stars joan fontaine rebecca, suspicion in her last major film role.gwen mayfield, an english schoolteacher working in an african missionary, suddenly finds herself being victimized by a tribe of local witch doctors'. '.strtoupper('e')xposed to the deadly powers of the occult she's left deeply traumatized'. '.strtoupper('i')n an effort to recover gwen takes up a position in a rural school within the british countryside'. '.strtoupper('b')ut the idyllic village surroundings become increasingly sinister as gwen begins to uncover a nightmarish web of dark and satanic secrets.special featuresbrand new documentary hammer glamourcommentary