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Movie of the Week #32 - The Wicker Man
We begin June with Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man from 1973 which is now considered a horror cult classic.
Since this is the month of horror movies, did you find it scary, unsettling, creepy, eerie, spooky or horrifying?
The rest of the schedule for June is:
- 10th: Ravenous (1999)
- 17th: X (2022)
- 24th: The Exorcist (1973)
I hadn't seen this before and the ending definitely caught me off-guard. It is a really slow progressive steady buildup towards the climax. Since most scenes are in broad daylight and everyone is generally pleasant and friendly, the slight off-putting undertone is well hidden at first. The oddities mostly appear strange and weird, and not scary until the full picture is revealed later.
It is easy to compare this to Midsommar as they have quite a few similarities. However I liked this better as it doesn't need to rely on shock value, and the script is tighter and simpler. Midsommar wanted to do too many things at once. Happy this was nominated.
Yeah this is like the folklore horror film that Midsommar was most inspired by. I don’t really care for Aster, I think he relies on shock value and is overall just pretty pretentious. But Wicker Man is great, saw it for the first time three years ago and was really engrossed in the mystery.
Pinging @crdpa since you nominated this, your opinion will be greatly appreciated. Did you manage to show it to your wife?
Sorry, guys. We are in a middle of a trip to Peru and won't be back until June 13th. Unfortunately I didn't take this into account while participating in the thread. My bad.
Promise I'll do this as soon as we are back.
No worries. Just a friendly reminder in case you might have missed the post. Have a good trip