Die Hexe (1922)
43KDie Hexe: Directed by Benjamin Christensen. With Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt. Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Europe.
“Imagine Tod Browning and Jean Cocteau making a film together and you might begin to get an idea of what youu0026#39;ll see in this film. Itu0026#39;s rather disjointed in its storytelling but who cares? Where else can you see witches kissing the ass of Satan, boiling non-baptized babies, and giving birth to demons? Not to mention getting a full tour of the state-of-the-art in medieval torture devices! The film is really no more a documentary than u0026quot;The Blair Witch Projectu0026quot; but certainly in the 1920s it must have been considered as such. Today, it makes for great Halloween viewing, giving us a chance to re-live the chilling legends that kept us afraid of the dark as children. The otherworldly glow of 1920s cinematography will retain each creepy image in your mind like musty cobwebs. A must-see for classic horror fans!”
