'The witch comes back to life') is a 1952 Finnish horror film directed by Roland af Hällstrom and produced by Mauno Mäkelä.

[1] The film begins with swamp digging archaeologists who find a naked girl buried in the mud hundreds of years ago as a witch.

The film is considered to be one of the first Finnish horror movies, along with Old Baron of Rautakylä (1923), Curses of the Witch (1927), Linnaisten vihreä kamari (1945) and The White Reindeer (1952).

[2] The nudity scenes provoked a lot of controversy at the time, and helped the film to get sold to the United States and West Germany.

[3] The Witch won two Jussi Awards, one for Esko Töyri for best cinematography and another for Lauri Elo for best production design.