The Wicker Man

12:55 AM-2:25 AM BBC two
Sonntag 10/13/2024
 GB   1973
The Wicker Man

Classic low-budget horror offering from 1973 which achieved cult status, despite a controversial re-edit by a production team that took over the project from the original filmmaker. Edward Woodward stars as a police sergeant with strongly-held Christian views, on a one-man mission to a fictional Scottish island to investigate reports of a missing schoolgirl. The sergeant is shocked to discover the locals have reverted to a pagan system under the guidance of the aristocratic Lord Summerisle, played by Christopher Lee. The investigation is thwarted at every step by islanders who deny any knowledge of the girl, despite mounting evidence that she is in some kind of danger from her neighbours, who believe that their dearly departed relatives and friends are reincarnated as wild animals on the island, and that sacrifice is the ultimate protection against the threat of crop failure and starvation. Also starring Britt Ekland and Ingrid Pitt.


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