The Wicker Man (1973) is a British folk-horror film. Directed by Robin Hardy, the film’s storyline is about a Sergeant’s efforts to assess the disappearance of a young girl on a remote but eerie ...

The influential horror movie The Wicker Man came out Dec. 6, 1973. It eventually inspired an entire subgenre known as "folk horror," including films such as 2019's acclaimed Midsommer. But when it was ...

Who was it that said cult movies are never quite as good as their fans believe them to be? While it wasn’t Danny Peary, the film scholar and sports journalist, his “Cult Movies,” a three-volume set of ...

“Come, it is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man,” says Christopher Lee’s Lord Summerisle in the infamous penultimate scene right before the detective meets his burning fate. At this ...

Luna Guthrie is a Movie Features Editor for Collider, writer and film critic. She began as a writer for Collider in 2021 and joined the editorial team in 2024. She has a bachelor's degree in ...

When Chris isn’t working on a new article or exploring the best nature spots nearby, he's gotten into making TikTok edits. While he works on other personal projects, he has turned his attention to ...

In addition to the attention drawn to the film due to its anniversary, reports emerged last year that filmmaker Andy Serkis would be adapting the story into a TV series. At the time of the reports, ...

This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the 1973 film The Wicker Man. When I think of it, the words come to mind from Frank Zappa’s song “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It” (on the 1967 album Absolutely Free ...

The 1973 horror classic The Wicker Man is getting another remake. According to Deadline, a television adaptation of The Wicker Man is in development from Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s The ...

A Wicker Man sculpture - which has been part of the landscape near Kirkcudbright for years - has been burned down by the artist who created it. Sculptor Trevor Leat posted a photo captioned "the dying ...

The Wicker Man, from 1973, was directed by Robin Hardy. The influential horror movie The Wicker Man came out Dec. 6, 1973. It eventually inspired an entire subgenre known as "folk horror," including ...