Wickerman, The
Robin Hardy, 1973.
Classic British horror/mystery set on a remote island off the west coast of Scotland. Edward Woodward plays the prudish and doomed Sgt. Howie who travels to Summerisle to investigate reports of a missing child. The devout Howie is scandalized when confronted by the islander’s pagan reverence for the “Old Gods” and antagonized by suave Lord Summerisle, magnificently played by Christopher Lee. Howie is led down the garden path by the islanders to the film’s horrifying conclusion, which I won’t spoil here. Screenplay written by Anthony Shaffer.
Classic British horror/mystery set on a remote island off the west coast of Scotland. Edward Woodward plays the prudish and doomed Sgt. Howie who travels to Summerisle to investigate reports of a missing child. The devout Howie is scandalized when confronted by the islander’s pagan reverence for the “Old Gods” and antagonized by suave Lord Summerisle, magnificently played by Christopher Lee. Howie is led down the garden path by the islanders to the film’s horrifying conclusion, which I won’t spoil here. Screenplay written by Anthony Shaffer.
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