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The Wicker man (1975)
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Typically categorized as a horror film, The Wicker Man is actually a serious and literate thriller about modern paganism, written by Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth) with a deft combination of cool subjectivity and escalating dread. (Despite this promising directorial debut, British filmmaker Robin Hardy didn't make another film until The Fantasist, a little-seen thriller released in 1986.) We're introduced to the friendly but mysterious residents of Summerisle (located off the west coast of Scotland), where the isolated community enacts rituals that seem, at first, to be merely unconventional. When called in to investigate an...
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An absolutely outstanding film and way superior to the remake, Edward Woodward, who went on to do "The Equalizer" ten years after this, was brilliant as Sergeant Howie, a devout Christian who was absolutely shocked at the goings on on the island. The best part was when he was mesmerized by Willow's (Britt Ekland) sensuous...
(complete The Wicker man review by B Movie Ben)
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(9/17/2008)