Häxan

About Häxan

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 is a 1922 documentary history film directed by Benjamin Christensen. Released in September 1922, it runs 105 minutes.

Benjamin Christensen takes the lead as Devil, Ella La Cour as Karna, Emmy Schønfeld as Karna's Assistant, and Kate Fabian as Old Maid. Written by Benjamin Christensen.

Shelv files it under mental illness, folk horror, insanity, and devil. It streams on Bloodstream, Brew, and Cultpix in the United States.

The Blair Witch Project, The Seventh Seal, and Night of the Demon make useful companions to Häxan, all filed under found footage and witch. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 461 TMDB voters.