Häxan
Häxan
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Häxan

DirectorBenjamin Christensen

But isn’t superstition still rampant among us?

7.6 / 10
1922
105 min
DocumentaryHorrorHistory

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.

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