Häxan

1922

104 mins

Directed by Benjamin Christensen
92%
81%
Fantasy
Horror

Faux documentary from 1922 covering the evolution of witchcraft made up of vignettes depicting grave robberies, torture, possession, satanism, and... More

Faux documentary from 1922 covering the evolution of witchcraft made up of vignettes depicting grave robberies, torture, possession, satanism, and more.

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Häxan | Ratings & Reviews

92_%25 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
81_%4,439 reviews
Audience score rating

"The film radiates gleeful abandon in giving form to these communal nightmares, which account for its most radical imagery..."

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Slant Magazine

"A weird and rather wonderful brew of fiction, documentary and animation based on 15th and 16th century witchcraft trials, Christensen's film has a remarkable visual flair that takes in Bosch, Breughel and Goya (no wonder it was a particular favourite of the Surrealists)."

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Time Out

"Swedish and Danish pictures easily hold the palm for morbid realism and in many cases for brilliant acting and production. "Witchcraft"... leaves all the others beaten."

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