Movie

Häxan (1922)

• September 18, 1922
• 1h 45m

• Documentary
• Horror
• History

“But isn’t superstition still rampant among us?”

Overview

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.

Director

Benjamin Christensen

Writers

Benjamin Christensen

Starring

Benjamin Christensen, Ella La Cour, Emmy Schønfeld