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Häxan

But isn’t superstition still rampant among us?

1922 / Sweden / 105 min / Swedish / Feature film

Rating

TMDB 7.6 · 448 votes

Description

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.

HEX descriptors

• Gothic • Corrupt Authority • Ritual • Trapped • Place of Worship • Village/Small Town • Oppressive • Uncanny • 4 Strong • Docufiction/Hybrid

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