Do sit down, Sergeant. Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent.
Recently, a new version of this classic film was released.
Run from it as if your life depended on it. No, seriously - avoid that film. Instead, seek out the newly released and remastered original from Anchor Bay with the incredibly talented Edward Woodward as Sgt.
Howie.
He has made his way to the Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. Funny thing is, everyone on the island, including the girl s own mother (Irene Summers), claims that the girl never existed.
As the dedicated Howie investigates further, he discovers the truth of Summerisle.
is an amazing film loaded with wonderful performances from many in the entertainment industry, but mostly with an exceptional, if somewhat short bit of work from the legendary Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle.
Lee almost stole the film with his relatively small part.
His normal, overshadowing presence onscreen is carried even further here and seems so powerful that the viewer will actually think he is onscreen longer and more often then he really is. That is acting.
If you include the beautiful Britt Ekland as Willow, this film will explode on the small screen just from the talent involved.
If you watch the nude, most seductive dance in film until then (not that I did. Nope. Nah.
), you find one of the most intensely erotic scenes in film and one that did a lot to further the realistic feel of the movie.
Watching her and Howie clash at times added to the humor of the film.
The Wicker Man is an excellent example of how to create an almost perfect horror/thriller.
Made on a very small budget, the movie is today accepted as one of the best of the genre of all time, even though it did not get the true recognition it deserved when it first came out.
Anthony Shaffer wrote a fantastic script, choosing to add clues as to what was actually going on in such a subtle way that it honestly takes repeated viewings to get most of them - and I still think I missed a few. He had to have done some deep research into pagan rituals to show them with such a freaky realist feeling in the film.
It will leave your flesh with goose pimples more then once.
At one point, director Robin Hardy felt the movie would never be made. He was forced to work with a very small budget, a ridiculously short shooting schedule, and forced to work with a studio that was declared bankrupt just after filming was completed.
Fortunately for fans of this genre, the film was made. It is a delight to watch and just as much fun to listen to. The soundtrack is exceptional and is great to listen to with the lights off and your eyes closed.
It blends masterfully into the film.
Despite the dark feeling of the film, there is still an almost light-hearted attitude coming from the music that makes it hard to even consider that something strange or evil could ever happen.
Edward Woodward gives one of his finest performances as the bewildered Sgt.
Howie. He plays his character with such conviction. Howie s final understanding of just what is actually going on is shown so well that it adds even more of a realistic tone to the film.
His strong religious feelings don t mesh well with the free love paganistic society, which will evoke both a small laugh and a bit of a squirmy feeling from the viewer at the same time. The somewhat obvious look at personal faith and differing attitudes is strong in the movie and should make all who watch it question their own feelings and source of faith.
The film is not just well made, it also has beautiful photography and a great cast.
It reaches a point with the viewer that so many other films wish they could. It opens up your own belief system, making you question it.
Beyond a doubt, The Wicker Man is a film that will stay in the mind of the viewer long after the final credits have ended ndash; and isn t that what a really good movie should do?
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!! my friend who went with me is saying one thing ab.
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Some of the "plot holes"...
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