Matthew is a features writer for Collider currently based in Manchester. In his spare time he likes to read, write, obsess over Batman and complain about his Wordle score. Haxan is a 1922 silent ...
As it turns 100, this utterly chilling silent film deserves more celebration – given it set the template for The Blair Witch Project and many more horrors besides, writes Adam Scovell. In the lineage ...
A 100-year-old silent film will take on a new sound and atmosphere this Winter Solstice as composer and performer Dustin Edward Howard returns to Circle Cinema for a live rescoring of Häxan on Dec. 20 ...
This June, the Renaissance opens the doors of Theatre 166 to a fully staged workshop of Häxan: A Witchcraft Musical, a haunting new musical about fear, suspicion, and the surprising similarities we ...
SOME FERMENTATION PROJECTS are easy — a little technique and time are all you’ll need. But making vinegar? “It’s more similar to brewing. It’s simple, but it can be finicky,” says Jessica Huszar, ...
I’d need to consult an early-cinema historian, but Benjamin Christensen’s silent curiosity Häxan (1922) (a 1966 re-release featured a wretched free-jazz score and dead-serious, director-derided ...
Last year I was approached to be a part of the film and music series at HOME, Manchester's newest multi-arts venue. I was asked to create a live score for a silent film. My first choice wasHÄXAN: ...