1973 Directed by Robin Hardy
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Edward Woodward Christopher Lee Britt Ekland Ingrid Pitt Diane Cilento Lindsay Kemp Aubrey Morris Russell Waters Irene Sunters Roy Boyd Ian Campbell Walter Carr John Hallam Barbara Rafferty Tony Roper John Sharp Donald Eccles Robin Hardy Gerry Cowper Jennifer Martin Richard Wren Fiona Kennedy Lesley Mackie Myra Forsyth Penny Cluer Peter Brewis Leslie Blackater Juliet Cadzow Helen Norman Show All…
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I guess I never knew I wanted musical horror films until I saw this musical horror film
The Wicker Man is perhaps one of the best atmospheric horror films ever made. It is never scary, but it sure is frightening and filled with dread.
Director Hardy seems intent to achieve one thing and that is to immerse his audience in an unsettling and bizarre atmosphere and from that atmosphere create all the dramatic tension this story needs. He achieves this by strongly juxtaposing protagonist and antagonist and by using music a lot, always brilliantly.
It is paced slowly and deliberately, accompanying the methodical research of Woodward's protagonist beautifully. It takes a long time to get where it needs to go, which is excellent as it is consistently intriguing. When it finally reaches its conclusion, I was (again,…
you ever just look out of your window to find Christopher Lee monologuing to a couple of snails
