The Wicker Man (1973 film)

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British film cult film film folk horror film

The Wicker Man (1973 film) is a 1973 British folk horror cult classic about a devout police sergeant investigating a pagan island community, widely acclaimed for its unsettling atmosphere and Christopher Lee’s iconic performance.

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Label	Occurrences
The Wicker Man	8
The Wicker Man (1973 film) canonical	3
The Wicker Man (2006 film)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film ⓘ cult film ⓘ film ⓘ folk horror film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	David Pinner ⓘ
basedOn	Ritual ⓘ
character	Lord Summerisle ⓘ Sergeant Neil Howie ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Harry Waxman ⓘ
countryOfFilming	Scotland ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfRelease	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	widely acclaimed ⓘ
cultStatus	cult classic ⓘ
director	Robin Hardy ⓘ
distributor	British Lion Films ⓘ
editedBy	Eric Boyd-Perkins ⓘ
filmingLocation	Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ Kirkcudbright ⓘ Plockton ⓘ
genre	folk horror ⓘ horror film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ
hasAlternateCut	director’s cut ⓘ final cut ⓘ
hasRemake	The Wicker Man (2006 film) ⓘ
homeMedia	released on Blu-ray ⓘ released on DVD ⓘ
influencedGenre	folk horror ⓘ
musicBy	Paul Giovanni ⓘ
narrativeFocus	investigation of a missing girl ⓘ
notableFor	Christopher Lee’s performance ⓘ unsettling atmosphere ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	pagan community ⓘ
producer	Peter Snell ⓘ
productionCompany	British Lion Films ⓘ
protagonistTrait	devout Christian ⓘ
releaseYear	1973 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 88 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Anthony Shaffer ⓘ
setting	Scottish island ⓘ Summerisle ⓘ
starring	Britt Ekland ⓘ Christopher Lee ⓘ Diane Cilento ⓘ Edward Woodward ⓘ Ingrid Pitt ⓘ
theme	clash between Christianity and paganism ⓘ religious fanaticism ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christopher Lee → notableWork → The Wicker Man (1973 film) ⓘ

Ian McShane → notableWork → The Wicker Man (1973 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Wicker Man (2006 film)

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee → notableWork → The Wicker Man (1973 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: Christopher Lee

Vincent Winter → notableWork → The Wicker Man (1973 film) ⓘ