Häxan is a 1922 silent horror essay film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Consisting partly of documentary-style storytelling as well as dramatized narrative sequences, the film purports to chart the historical roots and superstitions surrounding witchcraft, beginning in the Middle Ages through the 20th century. Based partly on Christensen's own study of the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th-century German guide for inquisitors, Häxan proposes that such witch-hunts may have stemmed from misunderstandings of mental or neurological disorders, triggering mass hysteria.
Häxan (1922)
Directed by Benjamin Christensen
Genres - Documentary, Fantasy, History, Horror, Silent Film |
Sub-Genres - Silent Film |
Release Date - Sep 18, 1922 |
Run Time - 105 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Burned At The Stake, Cult, Devil, Folk Horror, Hysteria, Love Potion, Middle Ages, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Supernatural/Monsters, Superstition, Torture, Witch, Witchcraft
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Subject: anxiety, delusion, hunt of the witches, hysteria, Inquisition, superstition, torture, witchcraft
Time Period: 1488, 1920s
Time Period: 1488, 1920s
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