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Häxan

  • September 1922
  • 1hr

    45mins

  • Documentary
  • Horror
  • History
  • Directed by

    Benjamin Christensen,

    Starring

    Ella La Cour,

    Emmy Schønfeld,

    Kate Fabian,

    Oscar Stribolt

    ...

    Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.