Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to investigate the scientific hypothesis that medieval witches suffered from the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. However, the film is far from serious; instead, it's a witches' brew of the terrifying, gross, and darkly humorous.
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Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to investigate the scientific hypothesis that medieval witches suffered from the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. However, the film is far from serious; instead, it's a witches' brew of the terrifying, gross, and darkly humorous.
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