The Wicker Man

  • 1973


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Average Rating 4.2/5
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4.5
Anthony Shaffer penned the screenplay which, for sheer imagination and near terror, has seldom been equalled. Variety
3.0
Essentially, its an insane guilty pleasure, still enjoyable for its delightfully eccentric casting and for the funniest, creepiest pub scene in Britis .. Time Out
0.5
What justified filming Dominic Leytons play Collision is hard to see, but the decisions taken in opening it out are what truly wreck Gary Loves misbeg .. Telegraph
5.0
The Wicker Man is, more than anything else, a film about what people can do in the name of religion or, more generally, belief. Its power comes not fr ..
4.5
The Wicker Mans genre bending, thematic daring, and tortuous history have made it the U.K.s definitive cult movie. Village Voice
4.4
And thats when The Wicker Mans uneasy undertow turns into a riptide of roiling dread. ReelViews
5.0
Though Anchor Bays DVD looks great and comes with an interesting making of featurette, it still doesnt provide the elusive full length version running .. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
Oddly enough, though, the films been hailed as a landmark horror film except that it isnt terribly horrific. Reel Film Reviews
5.0
With its literate script by Sleuth playwright Anthony Shaffer and memorable Scottish folk score, Hardys fascinating mixture of horror, eroticism and r .. Radio Times
5.0
Yet its cult status actually has more to do with the films content theres a paedophile subplot, lots of occult rituals, sexual perversion, Christopher .. Bbc
5.0
Its a heady brew, but Hardy keep the mystery simmering, while his staging of several merrie pagan songs and of course the chilling climax is truly mem .. Total Film
3.5
They deliberately cast horror icons to help them break the mold... if you keep in mind its original context, it can be a very interesting film. 7M Pictures
4.4
It remains a fine example of occult horror that remains with the viewer well past its conclusion. Movies Tv Guide
3.5
As a genre defying cult classic, The Wicker Man is worth seeing for its sensational originality and influence, even if its legacy is more powerful tha ..
5.0
A truly unique horror movie, one of the odd handful throughout history that doesnt really seem to have been influenced by anything and has no obvious .. Antagony & Ecstasy
4.0
Devised by its star Christopher Lee, director Robin Hardy and writer Anthony Shaffer as a meditation on the rise of New Age spiritualism, the movie is .. Entertainment Times Online ..
5.0
A British golden oldie worthy to be placed alongside classics such as Ira Levins The Stepford Wives or Rosemarys Baby. Film Guardian
5.0
The ultimate British cult classic a unique film that straddles genres, features Christopher Lee in a dress and builds toward one of cinemas most memor .. Film 4
3.2
The gothic ambiance and mood synonymous with the eras familiar tales of unholy menace is wholly absent. If there is evil here, it doesnt know its evil .. Decent Films
4.5
Robin Hardys 1973 cult horror film passed through several distributors, several versions, and several bankruptcies, picking up a powerful reputation a .. Chicago Reader
4.5
A very skillfully sustained jest, with its vibrant Celtic punchline on the identity of the slaughtered lamb capping the fte of animals masks, talisman .. Cine Passion
4.0
The Wicker Man is unforgettable. Its the most unique horror film ever made. Juicy Cerebellum
4.4
A slow burn of a horror film portraying cynicism and paranoia thats as effective as our belief of its possibility. Its just plain weird and great. .
4.0
A genius conflation of the on screen pagan versus Christian (and provincial versus federal) dichotomies into an equally combustible cinematographic ba .. Patrick Nabarro
4.5
Its mysteries rely not on easy gimmicks, but on a process of intellectual unfolding carried out jointly by Howie and the viewer. All of this takes pla .. Associated Press
5.0
One of the most intelligent and visually distinctive horror films of the 70s. eye WEEKLY
4.5
There are few entries in Seventies cinema in which the efforts, the ideas, and the execution transcend the implications of cheap, genre filmmaking, an .. Not Coming
4.0
Besides being a great horror film, The Wicker Man is a marvelous time capsule of the 1970s. The Arts St L
4.5
But the other side doesnt come off too well either, you know.) * * * Dvd Journal
4.5
It envelops you in a time and space that is unfamiliar, fascinating, exotic, and frightening all at once. DVD Review
4.0
The tension occasionally goes slack, but hardly anything surpasses that clifftop finale for freakish terror. Independent (UK)



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