FILM · Horror
The Wicker Man
A devout policeman searches a remote Scottish island for a missing girl, and finds a community that worships older gods. The benchmark of folk horror.
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Cast & Crew
Details
- Director
- Robin Hardy
- Cast
- Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
- Genre
- Horror
- Release
- 1973
- Country
- UK
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
Reviews
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“Sunny, tuneful and utterly pitiless. Summerisle sings its victim toward the flames.”
“Folk horror’s founding text: a police procedural that curdles into pagan ritual before your eyes.”