Fresh and Exciting

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

This movie is excellent and i question the motives of some of the reviewers here giving it only 1-2 stars. Are they reviewing the right version of this movie? The music MADE the movie and so did the actors and extras. There is a level of normalcy here that is actually very creepy. Nothing supernatural happens. It is psychological horror done almost as a musical. There is no movie quite like it. If you don't like it, there just might be something wrong with you!

There are so many weird things in this film and it is so different, I give it a pass despite being unintentionally comical at times, the confused message it conveys(if a message intended) and the inappropriate use of music(except the climax of the film) that reminded me of Silent Running (1972). I am actually more annoyed by the film than I like it. Because I see a huge opportunity missed here. This film could have been a great criticism of religions. But instead, it chooses the opposite almost. Although it is never spelled directly, our protagonist is portrayed as a moral model, thus Christianity as the true religion as opposed to paganism. In one scene, our good christian policeman, fully uniformed in his officers, scatters some pagan symbolism or offering in anger, then proceeds to create a makeshift cross from some pieces of wood on the same altar. How dumb! It could have really been a masterpiece if its message had matched its weirdness. One other major flaw of the film is that the protagonists behaviour doesn't match the situations that he is in. He was in numerous instances that he should have been alarmed and felt thereatened and unsafe. But he chooses to peacefully sleep when a lot of suspicious things going on around him, instead of trying to call for help. Again, dumb! And when I say dumb, I don't mean the character, he is dumb too of course, as a result. But at the end, the filmed served its purpose as a horror movie and it is really a different and weird film, I can't complain about any clichés and that is saying a lot when it's the horror genre. So I think it worths watching at least once.

A police sergeant is sent to a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl whom the townsfolk claim never existed. Stranger still are the rites that take place there. This British Horror film is packed with over the top perfomances, odd humor, horror cliches and above all the same terrible ending like the Nicolas Cage remake of the same name. Overall a bad movie unlike anything i've seen before. (0/10)

This movie is so 70s, theaters offered 3-for-1 seats so guys could park their sideburns. This movie is so 70s, you'll need a special 8-track adapter to play it in your blu-ray. This movie is so 70s, the only bras you'll see are on Erin Go.(Get it? Erin go bra--? OK I'll stop now.)Ah yes, the 70s thriller. Stepford Wives, Coma, The China Syndrome, and the 70sest of them all, "The Wicker Man" are films characterized by a very cynical and existentialist "lone person against a world gone mad" vibe which probably mirrored society's reluctant awakening from 60s hippie flower power into the catastrophic reality of the Cold War, Watergate, and Volkswagen discontinuing production of the Beetle which I still can't believe."The Wicker Man" is the pinnacle of 70s awesomeness, beginning with the lone protagonist Sgt. Howie (Edward Woodward) arriving on an island of creepy, smiling, sex obsessed folks and their leader Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee), proceeding through bizarre musical numbers as comedically dark as anything in The Rocky Horror Picture Show but with traditional Irish instruments, gaining momentum as our hero quickly pieces together the clues of a murder/disappearance which the townsfolk "cover up" with about as much subtlety as the Three Mile Island nuke meltdown, and finally depositing us at a dramatic, exciting conclusion as shocking and perfect as the death of disco."The Wicker Man" has it all. Well, everything except for Nicolas Cage's epic bad acting in the remake ("Oh god not the bees!!" Lmao). No, despite the fact that I may sound like I'm calling this movie campy, it's actually very well done. You'll be amazed at how a single scene can blend singing & dancing with murder, powerful acting, the sexual frustration of our 40 year old virgin hero, and a seductive nude number courtesy of the delectable Britt Ekland, homina homina. Did I just blow your mind? Well buckle up your bell bottoms because it gets better, bucko.But rather than reveal anything more of the story, I'll just leave it to you to experience. If you're a fan of 70s thrillers like the ones I've mentioned, as well as lesser known cult gems like "A Boy and His Dog", "Phantasm" and "Zardoz", then pull up your favorite bean bag, dim the lava lamps, pop open a Fresca and watch "The Wicker Man". This movie is BOSS, daddy-O!