The Wicker Man

I've not yet seen the supposedly wretched remake with Nicholas Cage so there won't be any need to compare the two at this time. What I can say is THE WICKER MAN is one hell of a little strange film. Involving a group of modern day pagans on an island in Northern Scotland we follow the journey of a police constable in search of a missing girl. What he wanders into is both a shock to him and us the viewers. Some fine talent is on display here with Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland and Ingrid Pitt, all of them turning in some of their finest work. What makes THE WICKER MAN work though is atmosphere, it is truly one of the most alarming little numbers you will come across and while not to the taste of all and perhaps too slow for some of today's younger audiences it does warrant at least one viewing for historic reasons if nothing else.