Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages

[HannibalGuy]

This is a great classic film. It's a "documentry" on witchcraft told through a varity of stiles including dramatizations of supposed real-life events. It was very controveral when it was released in 1922 because it featured scenes of nudity and torture. I highly recomened this film. 10/10

[bowieee]

I got this movie for christmas awhile back and I loved it. It's funny at times and quite inventive. I love the whole concept of trying to explain what people called withcraft back in the days being just disorders that are common place in todays society but are now understood thanks to the invention of therapy.

[countchocula]

I need to see this movie. I first heard about it quite some time ago, and have since dug deeper into silent films. For future reference, should I watch it with or without narration?

[ofmknockoff]

Yeah I saw this on IFC once and have now seen that Critierion has released it under it's orignal name, Haxan. But it's really expensive so I'll get it if the price goes down.

[skweemkween]

Is it me or no matter how innovative and beautifully brilliant the advances in modern f/x and movie making evolve , it's always the extremely old and simplistic pieces that are the creepiest, most beautiful, atmospheric, and memorable???


This haunting classic is a stellar example of that.

[bowieee]

Originally posted by countchocula
I need to see this movie. I first heard about it quite some time ago, and have since dug deeper into silent films. For future reference, should I watch it with or without narration?

Count I prefer it without narration, but it's just as much fun to listen to burroughs raspy voice narrating in the background. So I say check out both versions.

[Jack_Cheze]

Originally posted by skweemkween
Is it me or no matter how innovative and beautifully brilliant the advances in modern f/x and movie making evolve , it's always the extremely old and simplistic pieces that are the creepiest, most beautiful, atmospheric, and memorable???


This haunting classic is a stellar example of that.

SK, when I was getting edumacated in the ways of TV/Radio production I learned something that holds true for film too. Good story telling doesn't need effects

[miceland1]

I did like this movie, but I wouldn't really consider it a "horror" movie. Its interest to me was more academic than a thrilling

It didn't really hold my interest through the whole thing. I guess I'm jaded. I do find historical interest in other silent films though. Cabnet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu come to mind as silent but scary films. Films that laid a foundation for what we take for granted today from a horror film.

Haxan was not in that category for me. Sorry. I rented it from Netflix. I don't think I'll ever own it.