The WIcker Man (1973) appreciation thread.

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

It's a pretty bland movie that the internet made into a meme for two scenes. Aside from the "Not the bees!" and the one with him in a bear costume punching women it's an uneventful film.

"How'd it get burned? HOW'D IT GET BURNED?! HOW'D IT GET BURNED?!" was funny too.

 

[BrunoMattei]

"How'd it get burned? HOW'D IT GET BURNED?! HOW'D IT GET BURNED?!" was funny too.

Okay, three scenes. It's still not a "so bad it's good" film.

 

[Johnny Treason]

Know a place online where you can read it, all copies I find are expensive.

The first six chapters can be read here:

Inside the Wicker Man

A book about The Wicker Man? I would think you'd need an encyclopaedia' - Christopher Lee 'A stunning examination of one of my favourite films by one of my favourite journalists' - A A Gill "Inside The Wicker Man" is a treat for all cinemagoers, exhaustively researched and achieving a...

books.google.co.uk

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

If you like Wicker Man, I would recommend Eye of the Devil (1967):

Eye of the Devil (1966) - IMDb

Directed by J. Lee Thompson. With David Niven, Sharon Tate, Deborah Kerr, Donald Pleasence. Workers employed at a French vineyard quietly follow old pagan rituals that call for the life of the marquis owner to save his crops during dry seasons.

www.imdb.com

I don't know if it influenced Wicker Man (the book on the making of the film would answer that,) but it has a lot of plot similarities. It's also Sharon Tate's movie debut (it was made before but released after some of her other movies,) and seeing her in this film is an extremely haunting experience.

 

[Syaoran Li]

@BrunoMattei

As the resident horror aficionado of the Farms, I'm curious to know what you think of my idea for a proper modern American take on The Wicker Man? Is it a good idea with potential?

If this were ever made, I'd change the title from The Wicker Man to The Cunning Man.

The title is a bit of a double meaning, it's a reference to the "cunning men", the folk magicians and faith healers of Appalachian folklore, and a more literal reference to Summerisle being a cunning sociopath who uses Howie's biases and prejudices to play him like a damn fiddle.

 

[Sir Wesley Tailpipe]

@BrunoMattei

As the resident horror aficionado of the Farms, I'm curious to know what you think of my idea for a proper modern American take on The Wicker Man? Is it a good idea with potential?

If this were ever made, I'd change the title from The Wicker Man to The Cunning Man.

The title is a bit of a double meaning, it's a reference to the "cunning men", the folk magicians and faith healers of Appalachian folklore, and a more literal reference to Summerisle being a cunning sociopath who uses Howie's biases and prejudices to play him like a damn fiddle.

The idea of transplanting The Wicker Man to any other place, or time, is just bad. It can’t be duplicated, or even reasonably replicated, as it was as much of a generational conflict as anything else due to the way British hippies were embracing Celtic pagan imagery and beliefs at the time the movie was made.

Remove the story from its time, place and culture and you lose the meaning entirely and are just making a cargo cult sequel.

 

[ulsterscotsman]

For the Corn.