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Elokuvat 2021 (271 movies items)

"27.1 Iso-Britannia Uudelleenkatselu"

The Wicker Man

“The Wicker Man unspools so slowly and subliminally that you know something is “off” and sinister is about to happen, but you don’t see the trap engulfing you until its too late. Everything is so strange that it becomes like a hallucination that feels so tangible you don’t notice it’s a lie until you try to grasp it like a reflection in a stream. The pastoral symphony of the earliest scenes belies a dark, twisted heart that winds up being something of a cosmic joke.   Edward Woodward’s Sergeant Howie is our surrogate into this pagan world. The old ways have returned to this Scottish island, and its insular world is ephemeral in a way that becomes alluring. Howie, a staunch Christian and true believer, recoils in horror to the site of naked girls jumping over a fire and chanti” read more

Watched in 2019 (214 movies items)

"14.7. Kristitty poliisi on tyrmistynyt, kun pakanat uskovat höpöhöpöjuttuihin eivätkä Jumalaan ja Jeesukseen vapahtajaan. Irvokas ironia tässä ajattelussa paistaa läpi samalla, kun poliisi kiertää ympäri rivoa ja erittäin fallosrakasta saarta. Mystinen alavire pitää hyvin otteessaan. Lopun epäusko tyhmien uskomusten keskellä ja samanaikainen Jumalaan turvautuminen luovat mehukkaan taisteluparin."

Phoenix Feather's Movie Diary 2019 (659 movies items)

"(WATCHED: 21 April 2019)"

70 MORE Underappreciated Horror Movies (71 movies items)

"A disappearance takes a policeman onto an island where ancient, pagan rituals live on and the rules of the civilized world do not apply. Unfortunately most people associate this name to the Nicolas Cage travesty that was the eponymous remake. Make no mistake, "The Wicker Man" is an exemplary film that, once you see, you won't be able to deny it's sweeping influence on such films as "Hereditary",among others. "

Slant’s 100 Greatest Horror Films – 2018 Edition (100 movies items)

"A film that’s become synonymous with British horror, The Wicker Man follows a conservative Christian policeman (Edward Woodward) seeking a missing girl on a Hebridean island inhabited by pagans. The first half has an (intentional) air of the faintly ridiculous about it, embodied equally by Christopher Lee’s gloriously campy portrayal of the cult’s leader and the life-on-the-island sequences that are Pythonesque in their absurdist look at culture clash. But the film’s impish wit and soft,"

Fall Horrorfest 2018 (40 movies items)

" Watched October 17th Rating: Streamed this on Shudder as well. I'd recommend the free trial for anyone else doing a horror marathon this month, it's been nice. Work has been taking it out of me and I didn't want to keep myself up late with anything too scary, so it was a classic horror night. I have heard so much about this one, I was expecting it to be pretty chill and maybe a little boring. But it had so many moments of surprising, perplexing pagan behavior and Edward Woodward being an ups"

Fall Horrorfest 2018 (40 movies items)

" Watched October 17th Rating: Streamed this on Shudder as well. I'd recommend the free trial for anyone else doing a horror marathon this month, it's been nice. Work has been taking it out of me and I didn't want to keep myself up late with anything too scary, so it was a classic horror night. I have heard so much about this one, I was expecting it to be pretty chill and maybe a little boring. But it had so many moments of surprising, perplexing pagan behavior and Edward Woodward being an ups"