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It seems a revival of interest in “folk horror” has occurred, due to the vexing ambiance of The Witch. “Folk”, in this term, means the traditionalism of different cultures. Every culture started with their own customs and beliefs, some more ...

Giving credit where it’s due, cinephiles must thank Liz Coffey, an archivist at the Harvard Film Archive, for saving the only known-to-exist 35mm print of the “middle version” of The Wicker Man. Its discovery—following an inquiry by a representative of ...

Forty years have passed since The Wicker Man was released in North America as the second feature of a drive-in double-bill. I saw The Wicker Man years later on television and didn’t “get it”. The constant dancing and folk music ...

Recently, a final cut of Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man (1973) was discovered and is now being prepped for not only a theatrical run, but also a restored Blu-ray release. The film is considered one of the “greats” of British ...

Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man (1973) tells the tale of Police Sergeant Neil Howie (Edward Woodward) and his trip to the isolated island of Summerisle, in search of a missing girl. Howie, being a devout Christian, is appalled to find the ...