OVERALL: Draw

The UK and French editions have four versions of the film and each has exclusive extras, although only the UK is fully English-friendly.
The Criterion editions have two versions and exclusive extras aa well.

In 1968, Häxan was re-edited and re-released in the US as "Witchcraft Through the Ages", with narration by William S. Burroughs and a jazz score by Daniel Humair.

There are three restorations of the original Swedish version of Häxan:
- 1976 Swedish Film Institute tinted photochemical restoration
- 2007 Swedish Film Institute tinted photochemical restoration
- 2016 Swedish Film Institute tinted digital restoration

CUTS:

• Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts, includes two versions of the film:
  - "Häxan" (1922) - 2016 Swedish Film Institute tinted digital restoration (105:45).
  - "Witchcraft Through the Ages" (1968) (76:42).
• Blu-ray A Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts, includes two versions of the film:
  - "Häxan" (1922) - 2016 Swedish Film Institute tinted digital restoration (105:45).
  - "Witchcraft Through the Ages" (1968) (76:42).
• Blu-ray ALL Limited Edition United Kingdom- Radiance Films - No cuts - includes the restored original version (105:43) with 14 seconds of restoration text on the Disc One presentation, (105:28) on Disc Two without the text, the 1968 English version (76:45), the "Esoteric Cut" (84:33), and the 1990 French version (82:28).
• Blu-ray B France- Potemkine Films - No cuts, includes two versions of the film:
  - "Häxan" (1922) - 2016 Swedish Film Institute tinted digital restoration (105:00).
  - "Häxan: The Esoteric Cut" (1968) (84:26).
  - "Witchcraft Through the Ages" (1968) (76:35).
  - "Witchcraft Through the Ages" (1990 version) (82:22).

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Comparison added by Eric_Cotenas on 20/09/19
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 09/10/24

UPDATE LOG:

23/09/19: Updated notes.
21/06/21: Added France, Canada.