Häxan

The story

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.

• #silent film
• #black and white
• #middle ages (476-1453)
• #hysteria
• #love potion
• #spellcasting
• #mental illness
• #nervous disorder
• #superstition
• #folk horror
• #satanic ritual
• #witch