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Häxan is a 1922 Swedish-Danish 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…
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In the first decades of cinema its forms weren’t properly defined. This resulted in many of the great or important films looking like strange hybrids from today’s perspective. One of the best known among such oddities is *The Witches*, 1922 Swedish film directed by Benjamin Christensen (also known under its original title *Häxan*), which is considered both as genuine horror film and historic documentary. As the titl…More
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Today I'm going to take you on a cinematic journey to 1922 when the film was made, which in time became a cult, and directors from all over the world were inspired by this work. 1922 is not a very favorable time for the creation of horror, back then a more subtle macabre reigned than what we get now. source . Director Benjamin Christensen spent nearly three years creating his extraordinary masterpiece. A film that s…More