Häxan (1922)

Title: Häxan

Original Title: Häxan

Release Date: 1922-09-18

Status: Released

Rating: 7.6/10 (from 385 votes)

Language: SV

Genres: Documentary, Horror, History

Production Companies: Aljosha Production Company, SF Studios

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.