Häxan
But isn’t superstition still rampant among us?
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $220K
- Box office
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- Language
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- witch
- superstition
- insanity
- mystic
- sorcery
- hysteria
- satan
- black and white
- torture
- devil
- demon
- witchcraft
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical27 May 1929
FranceFR
- Theatrical18 Sept 1922
- TheatricalReprise1 May 1968
- PhysicalUDVD3 May 2011
- Digital / OTTUVOD22 Feb 2018
- PhysicalUBlu-Ray (Restored Version)15 Jun 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1 Feb 1924
NetherlandsNL
- PhysicalDVD6 May 2011
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical15Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival4 Jul 2023
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1518 Sept 1922
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Häxan was released on 18 September 1922.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
12/31/2024
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 malevolent. It's not the most rational of tours of the witching sorority, but it does by the end of the sixth chapter converge on…
- P8/10
patient1
11/5/2025
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 uneducated masses for control over even their thoughts, not just their physical bodies.
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