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Häxan

Häxan

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 18, 1922

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Documentary, Horror, History

User Score

76%

Original Title

Häxan

Production Companies

Aljosha Production Company, SF Studios

Director

Benjamin Christensen

Budget

$220,000

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.