Häxan DVD Thriller the author discusses the stylistic

the author discusses the stylistic approaches of directors and how political and social concerns were reflected in the cinema

Joan Crawford and Bette Davis

On board is a small Venusian specimen which soon grows to a gigantic size and reaps destruction

Film-noir meets melodrama in Ophuls' best American film

Robert Evans and Robert Towne

Häxan DVD Thriller the author discusses the stylistic'Haxan' Director: Benjamin Christensen (1922) + 'Witchcraft Through the Ages' (1968) Restoration. A hugely imaginative exploration of medieval superstitions and beliefs using dramatisations of rituals, pure fiction and animation. Satanic activities and the torture methods used on suspected witches feature which resulted in controversy and protest on the film's release. The DVD also includes the shorter re titled 1968 cut which was narrated by William