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The Wicker Man (1973)
Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) arrives on the small Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the report of a missing child whom the townsfolk claim never existed. Stranger still are the rites that take place there.
10 June 1908, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
29 February 1928, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
5 October 1933, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1924, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
21 November 1937, Czestochowa, Poland
19 August 1941, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
May 02, 2012
A truly unique horror movie, one of the odd handful throughout history that doesn't really seem to have been influenced by anything and has no obvious heirs, not even its own remake.
October 10, 2009
A mordant study of theological anxiety
August 29, 2006
The Wicker Man's genre-bending, thematic daring, and tortuous history have made it the U.K.'s definitive cult movie.
October 07, 2008
It remains a fine example of occult horror that remains with the viewer well past its conclusion.
February 24, 2002
Like many of the best horror/thrillers, The Wicker Man works because it surprises audiences, relying on carefully-nurtured suspense rather than cheap, theatrical shocks.
October 07, 2008
Robin Hardy's 1973 cult horror film passed through several distributors, several versions, and several bankruptcies, picking up a powerful reputation along the way.
October 07, 2013
Christopher Lee, who plays the lord of the island, thinks it's one of the finest films he's ever made -- and he's right.
January 26, 2006
Essentially, it's an insane guilty pleasure, still enjoyable for its delightfully eccentric casting and for the funniest, creepiest pub scene in British movies outside of next week's reissue, Withnail & I.
December 15, 2010
Adult chiller about modern pagans -- no Hogwarts.
August 24, 2007
You can't help smiling at the audacity of it all and shivering a little at the feelbad ending.
October 07, 2008
Anthony Shaffer penned the screenplay which, for sheer imagination and near-terror, has seldom been equalled.
October 29, 2008
The gothic ambiance and mood synonymous with the era's familiar tales of unholy menace is wholly absent. If there is evil here, it doesn't know it's evil.
