Häxan

Häxan
7.6

Häxan

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Directed by: Benjamin Christensen

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.

Häxan
Häxan
Häxan

Reviews (2)

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)

    Next time you look around and wonder where all the sparrows have gone, just be thankful you didn't live in a time where their bodies were pulverised to make a potion to ward off evil spirits! That's just one of the examples cited in this interestingly whacky look at all things devilish and malevolen...

  • patient1 (Rated: 8)

    The hysteria amongst people and the fervor they will use to explain the often unexplainable is powerful, and they don't shy away from the unpleasantness of Fear and Ignorance.

    It really shows the Atrocities in the name of the church the Catholics were willing to use to spread fear amongst the un...

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