Thank you to Unity Books for their sponsorship of this screening. The film was even referenced in the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, directed by celebrated British filmmaker Danny Boyle (Trainspotting).ĭon your yellow skivvy and dig out your flower crown, and we’ll see you at the movies on the spookiest night of the year! The maypole, harvest ceremonies, and folk healing practices (sore throat? Here, try this toad!) further show the community’s rejection of christianity and modernity, and descent into something… darker.ĭescribed by film magazine Cinefantastique as “the Citizen Kane of horror films”, The Wicker Man has been linked to the popularisation of the wicker man phenomena since the film’s release in the 1970s. While the community’s obfustication of Howie’s investigation creates frustration, it is the bizarre rituals and unsettling, creepy atmosphere that soon consumes Howie’s time on the island. He finds an isolated community led by the enigmatic Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee), who follow the pagan traditions of their Celtic ancestors. One of the most influential British films of all time, The Wicker Man is set on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides, where policeman Neil Howie (Edward Woodward) is sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young girl. Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp.
Wellington Film Society has a real treat for our Halloween screening: Robin Hardy’s 1973 folk horror The Wicker Man! The Wicker Man (1973 UK 88 mins) Prod Co: British Lion Film Corporation Prod: Peter Snell Dir: Robin Hardy Scr: Anthony Shaffer Phot: Harry Waxman Ed: Eric Boyd-Perkins Prod Mgr: Ted Morley Snd: Robin Gregory, Bob Jones Mus: Paul Giovanni. It’s time to keep your appointment with The Wicker Man” Rating: R16 violence, sex scenes & nudity Runtime: 94 minutes Robin Hardy | UK | 1973 (The Final Cut 2013) Director: Robin Hardy First published in 1978, five years after the release of the classic horror film from which it is adapted, The Wicker Man is a gripping horror classic.
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