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Originally filmed in 1922 as a Swedish/Danish silent film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen, “Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages” was updated in 1968 to include English narration by William S. Burroughs. Based partly on Christensen’s study of the “Malleus Maleficarum”, a 15th century German guide for inquisitors, it is a study of how superstition and the misunderstanding of disease and mental illness can lead to the hysteria of the witch-hunts. The film was made as a documentary, but contains dramatized sequences which are comparable to those prevalent in horror films…
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:55:00 +0000

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