# Event Details - **Event Name**: Häxan (1922) w/ Live Music by THE EMPYREANS! - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: A rarely-seen silent horror film that still continues to shock! Originally banned in the U.S. this legendary Swedish masterpiece offers a mesmerizing investigation into the fear of the unknown, a terrifying (yet enlightening) cinema-concert experience featuring an ambient psychedelic live score! It's the night before Halloween! Come dressed in costume to be entered into a raffle to win prizes! Doors 8pm, screening 8:30pm, Please plan to arrive within that window of time to enjoy a refreshment and choose your seat to best avoid disrupting the program. Thanks! Häxan (1922). Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary silent film is a mesmerizing investigation of the fear of the unknown, intertwining grotesque spectacle with darkly humorous social insight. Christensen’s unique hybrid-genre masterpiece anticipated modern horror, documentary re-creation, and the essay film, making for a terrifying (yet enlightening) experience unlike anything else in the history of cinema. With it's visionary scale and impressive special effects, it was one of the most expensive productions of the Swedish silent era. The critically-acclaimed but controversial film was originally banned in the U.S. and heavily censored in other countries. Now you can experience it in our Sanctuary on the big screen w/ a live soundtrack! *RECOMMENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES. “One of Häxan’s masterstrokes is the way it places together, on the same level of cinematic depiction, fact and fiction, objective reality and hallucination.”-Chris Fujiwara for Criterion The Empyreans is an evolving ambient ensemble founded in 2022 by multi-instrumentalist and performance artist Craig Douglas. Conceived as a gathering place for like-minded ambient musicians, experimentalists, and sonic explorers, the project was originally created to perform live scores over obscure and forgotten films at Epsilon Spires in Brattleboro, Vermont. Blending immersive atmospheres, improvisation, texture, and cinematic sound design, The Empyreans exists in the space between soundtrack and ritual, inviting audiences into a world where sound becomes narrative and time seems to dissolve. Each performance is unique, shaped by the distinct voices and creative instincts of the artists involved. Craig Douglas- Ambient vocals, Synths, Bass Michael Slyne- Guitar Russ Linder- Guitar Anthony Bearse- Synths, theramin Andy Kivela- Percussion MORE ABOUT THE FILM: Referred to in English as The Witches or Witchcraft Through the Ages, Häxan is a Swedish-Danish film, a curious and groundbreaking mix of documentary and horror, written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Whereas most films of the period were literary adaptations, Christensen's take was unique, basing his film upon non-fiction works, mainly the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th-century treatise on witchcraft he found in a Berlin bookshop, as well as a number of other manuals, illustrations and treatises on witches and witch-hunting (a lengthy bibliography was included in the original playbill at the film's premiere). Häxan was envisaged, as stated in the opening credits, as a "presentation from a cultural and historical point of view in seven chapters of moving pictures". While the bulk of the film's format, with its dramatic scenes portrayed by actors (including Christensen himself in the role of the devil), would have been familiar enough to cinema-goers at the time (although shocking in content), the first chapter, lasting 13 minutes, is a different story. With its documentary style and scholarly tone — featuring a number of photographs of statuary, paintings, and woodcuts — it would have been entirely novel — a style of screened illustrated lecture which wouldn't become popular till many years later. Indeed, the film perhaps could make a decent claim to being the first ever documentary (an accolade normally reserved for Robert J. Flaherty's ethnographic study from 1922 titled Nanook of the North). Reportedly the most expensive film of the Swedish silent film era, Häxan was originally well-received in Denmark and Sweden but was banned in countries like the United States for what was considered graphic imagry. In France, Catholic organizations mobilized against the film because of its negative depictions of the Church. 1968, an abbreviated version of the film was released. Titled Witchcraft Through the Ages, it featured an eclectic jazz score by Daniel Humair and dramatic narration by the wonderfully gravel-toned William S. Burroughs. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brattleboro/häxan-1922-w-live-music-by-the-empyreans/200030680018327 - **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, art, live-music, theatre, concerts, literary-art, performances, halloween, fine-arts, photography - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 14 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Brattleboro - **state**: VT - **country**: United States - **location**: Epsilon Spires - **lat**: 42.8538 - **long**: -72.5592 - **full address**: Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301-2837, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Häxan (1922) w/ Live Music by THE EMPYREANS! - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/248e39afd7d16a2c463bd0b8b25880ba21dc28315a7592e67029325e3c2d0115-rimg-w1200-h891-dc080808-gmir?v=1788974606 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Haxan (1922) w/ Live Music by THE EMPYREANS! being held? - **A:** Haxan (1922) w/ Live Music by THE EMPYREANS! takes place on Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm to Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301-2837, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Haxan (1922) w/ Live Music by THE EMPYREANS!? - **A:** Haxan (1922) w/ Live Music by THE EMPYREANS! is organized by Epsilon Spires. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Haxan (1922) w/ Live Music by THE EMPYREANS! is ideal for party-goers, social butterflies, and anyone looking for a great night out with music, drinks, and good vibes. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Brattleboro, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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