Häxan

Name: Häxan
Director: Benjamin Christensen
Genre: Documentary, Horror, History
Released: 1922-09-18
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.635
Cast: Benjamin Christensen, Ella La Cour, Emmy Schønfeld, Kate Fabian, Oscar Stribolt

Directed by Benjamin Christensen

Documentary

Horror

History

19221h 45m7.6

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.