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The Wicker Man sees May Day watch parties and Fright Club streams

moviesMay 1, 202627409

The Wicker Man (1973) is being shown at May Day watch parties and featured in Fright Club streams centered on its pagan rituals. The film stars Edward Woodward as Police Sergeant Neil Howie, who travels to Summerisle to investigate a missing girl and uncovers a community preparing a sacrificial finale. Recent screenings have focused attention on the movie's multiple cuts, Robin Hardy's direction, and Paul Giovanni's folk soundtrack. Those seasonal viewings matter because The Wicker Man's ritual imagery and ambiguous ending continue to shape how programmers and scholars present and analyze folk-horror.

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