The Wicker Man (1973) is a British folk-horror film. Directed by Robin Hardy, the film’s storyline is about a Sergeant’s efforts to assess the disappearance of a young girl on a remote but eerie ...
Who was it that said cult movies are never quite as good as their fans believe them to be? While it wasn’t Danny Peary, the film scholar and sports journalist, his “Cult Movies,” a three-volume set of ...
The influential horror movie The Wicker Man came out Dec. 6, 1973. It eventually inspired an entire subgenre known as "folk horror," including films such as 2019's acclaimed Midsommer. But when it was ...
"It is time... to keep your appointment with The Wicker Man." StudioCanal has unveiled a brand new trailer and poster for the 50th anniversary re-release of this cult classic horror film The Wicker ...
Luna Guthrie is a Movie Features Editor for Collider, writer and film critic. She began as a writer for Collider in 2021 and joined the editorial team in 2024. She has a bachelor's degree in ...
In addition to the attention drawn to the film due to its anniversary, reports emerged last year that filmmaker Andy Serkis would be adapting the story into a TV series. At the time of the reports, ...
“Come, it is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man,” says Christopher Lee’s Lord Summerisle in the infamous penultimate scene right before the detective meets his burning fate. At this ...
Maypoles! Madrigals! Flowers, festooning the hair, worn in garlands, gathered in picturesque baskets. Best of all, human sacrifice! Screaming victims, burned alive in a gigantic wicker effigy of a man ...
This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the 1973 film The Wicker Man. When I think of it, the words come to mind from Frank Zappa’s song “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It” (on the 1967 album Absolutely Free ...
Studiocanal is preparing for a bountiful harvest this year. The folk horror classic The Wicker Man is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the UK distributor announced today that it will honor the ...
[audio:http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-993967.mp3] Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Castle of Horror Podcast tonight, a weekly internet radio show where ...
Nicolas Cage's remake of The Wicker Man is a so-bad-it's-good horror movie. But his claim that the campiness was intentional ...