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Written and directed by Benjamin Christensen, Häxan is a landmark Swedish silent film exploring the history of witchcraft, demonology and the persecution of alleged witches through a mixture of documentary material and elaborate dramatic reconstructions. Christensen himself appears as the Devil in scenes depicting witches sabbaths, possession, torture and the medieval Inquisition. Blending documentary, horror and historical reconstruction, the film later developed a lasting cult reputation and remains an influential work of early horror cinema.

A series of eerie vignettes depict images of sorcery and evil on screen, from representations of occultism and religious hypocrisy to a chilling witch hunt in the Middle Ages. Directed by and starring Benjamin Christensen as the Devil, Häxan mixes documentary and fiction forms to create an unsettling brew that prefigures everything from Gothic horror to the found footage film. This legendary horror film was released in numerous edits and this edition collects four such versions of the film for the first time in the UK, including a 2K restoration by the original production company Svensk Filmindustri.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Disc 1: 2K restoration by Svensk Filmindustri, presented with a score by Matti Bye (2006)

Witchcraft through the Ages - an alternate cut of the film featuring narration by William S. Burroughs and soundtrack by Jean-Luc Ponty, newly transferred in 2K from a 16mm dupe negative (1968, 77 mins)

Introduction by director Benjamin Christensen (1941, 8 mins)

Outtakes - a reel of test footage shot by Benjamin Christensen featuring scenes for Häxan, Hævnens Nat [Night of Revenge] and other work by the filmmaker (1922, 12 mins)

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