SCREEN PORTY COMMUNITY CINEMA

PORTOBELLO, EDINBURGH

SATURDAY
OCTOBER 25 is:
HÄXAN

Classic 1922 silent film with live music accompaniment!


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A screening of HÄXAN, Witchcraft Through the Ages, the classic 1922 silent film with live music accompaniment from pianist Jane Gardner and percussionist Hazel Morrison.

Dir: Benjamin Christensen / 1922 / Sweden, Denmark / 104min / Rated 15

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.  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. 

// SCREENING DETAILS//

BAR open: 6:30pm
FILM start: 7:30pm
TICKETS
Early Bird E-ticket (60) / £6 on the door, cash or card (50). Please note, for this screening, we have 60 Early Bird tickets available. These can be purchased here from Ticket Source. We will have 50 tickets available on the door. 

VENUE: The Wash House, 3 Adelphi Grove, Portobello EH15 1AP

We invite our audience to come dressed in black.

CONTENT WARNING: HÄXAN contains highly disturbing horror visuals which may be distressing for some people. We encourage you to make yourself aware of the film’s content before attending and to look after your wellbeing.

Please note this film is rated 15. Our alcohol license requires any 15 year olds be accompanied by an adult.

// MUSICIAN LINKS //

Jane Gardner (https://www.jane-gardner.co.uk/
Hazel Morrison (https://www.thebathersofficial.com)

// FILM REVIEWS + TRAILER  //

HÄXAN Modern trailer here
Mark Kermode’s BFI Player review
here

BFI: Häxan: the silent-era witchcraft film at 100

CRITERION: HÄXAN, THE REAL UNREAL

BBC CULTURE: Why documentary horror Häxan still terrifies, a century on

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