Seven years ago, director Robert Eggers caused a stir with his dreary horror film The Witch. Long, quiet shots combine with eerie events. Something evil creeps through the film, but it cannot be grasped. The Witch is an uttered uncomfortable movie experience.
The German-Austrian production Hagazussa – Der Hexencurse, which was released in cinemas in 2018, takes a similar line currently available on Amazon Prime is. If you want to know what’s possible in the local cinema, you should take a look at this idiosyncratic, bulky horror film.
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The plot of Hagazusa in a nutshell
Hagazussa – The witch’s curse takes you to Austria in the 15th century. Here we meet the goatherd Albrun (Celina Peter), who lives with her mother (Claudia Martini) in a lonely hut in the mountains. It is a lonely, quiet life – and becomes even more lonely when Albrun’s mother dies.
You can watch the trailer for Hagazussa here:
Hagazussa – The Witches Curse – Trailer (German) HD
Years later, Albrun (Aleksandra Cwen) has a child of her own, but lives without a husband. Because of this, she is excluded from the village community and referred to as a witch. Little by little, Albrun begins to suspect that something is wrong with her. Strange things are afoot in the mountains.
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The Hagazussa Horror – The Witchbane Evolves slow and painful. For a long time, the camera observes people and nature – and above all how people move through nature. The Alpine panorama looks sublime, while at the same time the powerful images radiate something oppressive and menacing.
Hagazussa is a film that relies heavily on its atmosphere. This is not a wild, fast horror trip that relies on surprising shock effects. Instead, director Lukas Feigelfeld evokes a feeling for the slowness of the tide dark shadows on the horizon up.
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Hagazusa – The Witches Curse
As is so often the case in horror films, the most terrifying thing isn’t the supernatural happenings, it’s the people. In Hagazusa they will driven by fear. Every encounter creates more mistrust. The world of the film seems like a prison. Despite the vastness of the landscape, there is no escape.
You have to get involved with Hagazusa – The Witch’s Curse, no question. The film keeps us in suspense – for a whole 102 minutes. The attentive observations of eerie solitude in the Alps but also unfold a hypnotic effect that surprises and disturbs with silence.
a notice: We published this article in a similar form in March 2022.
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Did Hagazusa convince you?