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Nightmare Fuel / Häxan

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  • The baby boiling scene. A movie from 1922 that features BABY BOILING.
  • Satan as he is portrayed in this film(pictured). First off his appearance is very gargoyle-like with a fixed expression and cement textured skin, all while his movements both by Benjamin Christensen portrayal and the undercrank the movie tends to have, gives his motions a very unnerving speed which definitely hits the uncanny valley hard. All in all, this movie's portrayal of Satan is very dreamlike(or rather nightmare-like).
  • The overall old film quality of the film makes it creepier, with poorer lighting making every scene way more ominous than it would otherwise be.

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