Häxan with Live Score by Tall Shadows

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1929 | NR | Sweden | Benjamin Christensen | No Language | 105 minutes

Step into the shadows at the Rio Theatre as Tall Shadows bring Benjamin Christensen’s legendary 1922 silent film HÄXAN (aka “Witchcraft Through the Ages”) to life with an original live score, transforming the haunting masterpiece into a fully immersive experience. With its infamous depictions of witchcraft, demons, and superstition, HÄXAN has been shocking and fascinating audiences for over a century. Now, paired with an evocative new live soundtrack, the film’s surreal imagery becomes even more intense and unforgettable.

Tall Shadows is a duo exploring neo-classical, drone, industrial, electronic, and psychedelia. A skilled violinist, synthesist and sample artist, Woes, the primary composer, orchestrates a captivating atmosphere featuring the violin’s haunting melodies intertwining with hypnotic drones. This ‘avant-goth’ aesthetic blends the classical tradition with contemporary electronic experimentation. The duo have performed original live scores to several films, by classic directors such as Ingmar Bergman to the more experimental works of Kenneth Anger and E. Elias Merhige.

HÄXAN (Swedish for ‘witch’) is a 1922 silent documentary film that dramatises the European witch hunts of the Middle Ages, depicting alleged accounts of witch activity alongside the methods of torture used by Church officials. Ahead of its time in terms of narrative and filming technique, HÄXAN continues to shock audiences with its boldness of content.

Don’t miss your chance to experience what Variety Magazine once called “Unadulterated Horror!”

Saturday, November 1
Doors 6:45 pm | Show 7:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.


HÄXAN (Benjamin Christenson, 1922 / 100 mins / NR) Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.


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