Ep. 121 The Wicker Man (1973)

Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee) offers the god of the Sun a sacrifice for a good harvest in Robin Hardy's 1973 horror musical "The Wicker Man."

An arrogant and pious police officer is called to a remote Scottish island to search for a missing girl, and begins to suspect there is a larger plot afoot to cover up a planned pagan sacrifice. Tune in as Chris talks British Lion, clashing religions, and multiple edits, as the LSCE screens the 1973 cult horror musical “The Wicker Man.” Join Us!

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Bartholomew, David. (1977) “The Wicker Man.” Cinefantastique. Vol 6. (3): Pg 22.

Leggett, Paul. Good versus Evil in the Films of Christopher Lee. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company,, Publishers, 2018.

McDonnel, Jenny. “Year of the Remake: The Omen 666 and The Wicker Man.” The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies. (2006) 117-123.

Peary, Danny. Cult Movies 2: For More of the Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful. New York, Ny.: Dell Publishing, 1983.

Pohle, Robert W., Douglas C. Hart, and Christopher Lee. The Films of Christopher Lee. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1983.

Smith, Justin. “Calculated Risks: Film Finances and British Independents in the 1970’s.” Historical Journal of film, radio, and television 34, no. 1 (2014): 85-102