Witchcraft Through the Ages: The Story of Haxan, the World's Strangest Film, and the Man Who Made It

by Jack Stevenson

Benjamin Christensen's macabre masterpiece from 1922, H¢xan (The Witch), is the first true 'film maudit' (literally a 'cursed film') and can justifiably be considered the world's first cult movie. Greeted by angry protests upon release, it was censored, banned and condemned everywhere. Was H¢xan the first and most perverse exploitation film, replete with Satanic debauchery, or the original classic of documentary cinema? Who was this mysterious man,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903254426
• ISBN13: 9781903254424
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: FAB Press
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 7.6"