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      Looking for off-the-beaten-path Halloween inspiration, both for your costume and for home decorating? Check out this grotesque gallery from the eerie silent Häxan. This sui generis work of early horror, made in Sweden for Svensk Filmindustri by Danish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen, is a fanciful and frank take on witchcraft, and features enough sorcerers, demons, and assorted ghouls to fill anyone’s holiday party.

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    Looking for off-the-beaten-path Halloween inspiration, both for your costume and for home decorating? Check out this grotesque gallery from the eerie silent Häxan. This sui generis work of early horror, made in Sweden for Svensk Filmindustri by Danish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen, is a fanciful and frank take on witchcraft, and features enough sorcerers, demons, and assorted ghouls to fill anyone’s holiday party.

     
     
     

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  • By Cinematic Cteve
    October 25, 2012
    06:05 PM

    Seriously bizarre imagery in this one. The director himself plays a tongue-wagging demon to comical effect. This film may be the granddaddy of exploitation cinema -- taking a faux-serious approach (via inter-titles) to material that is actually being sensationalized. Dwain Esper would soon follow.
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  • By Craig J. Clark
    October 26, 2012
    02:16 PM

    An amazing film, filled to the brim with macabre characters and imagery. (I like the last one especially.)
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  • By rv branham
    October 27, 2012
    02:38 AM

    i'm really fond of the version with the wm. burroughs voice-over...
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  • By futurestar
    October 27, 2012
    06:44 PM

    devil worship sure got a leg down way back when in the wealth of material contained in this marvelous DVD. the William S. Burroughs edition has his raspy, demonic voiceover, but lacks the sheer, stark evil of the initial silent edition. a highly recommended DVD for any film buff regardless of genre.
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