Film

Häxan

Name: Häxan
Director: Benjamin Christensen
Released: 1922
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Benjamin Christensen, Ella La Cour, Emmy Schønfeld, Oscar Stribolt, Wilhelmine Henriksen

1922 · 105 min · ★ 7.6 · Dir. Benjamin Christensen

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.