Wicker Man

[Denny]

Got a copy for £3.99 at HMV if you spent over £20.

I've never seen it before and didn't even know what the story was about, even though it's an old cult movie from the 70s. I really loved it - all the more so because I was so ignorant about it, particularly the cleverness of the plot which is the horror part , rather than the 'barbecued bobby' scene at the end.

The best part for me is the music. I love it, particularly that folk tune Brit Ekland sings (mimes to?) when she's writhing around naked in her room. The scene, her then hubby, Rod Stewart, was far from chuffed about. There again, I'm a great fan of acoustic celtic and folk music anyway! I've got loads of Enya, Clannad, Lorreena McKennitt, Blackmore's Night, early Tull and so on.

In the film I thought Chris Lee looked rather odd without fangs - a bit like Nimoy without pointy ears.

Anyone else seen it? I know there is a newer version set in Washington but it has terrible reviews - and the original 70s version, which I picked up, is still the one to see.

[bogeyman]

I've never seen it before

Good heavens Denny! Where have you been?

Must have seen it a dozen times but it still works its sinister magic.

Low budget British horror at it's best. Not a gory bloodfest - it just creeps you out with those sinister, inbred, satanic characters that you just know inhabit our rural outlands.

Good ending too. Lots of SMOKING (wicker and flesh, that is).

p.s. 'Chris' Lee? I don't think he'd take very kindly to being called 'Chris'. A bit more formality please.

[Denny]

Good heavens Denny!

p.s. 'Chris' Lee? I don't think he'd take very kindly to being called 'Chris'. A bit more formality please.

Lord Summerville then, or Drakky

My favourite cult horror movie was Stepford Wives (the original with Katherine Ross, not the remake). I think it's better than the Wicker Man even though neither are gore fest films - more Sunshine Horror than Moonlight Horror. I though the climax to TWM was a bit disappointing really and not really 'chilling' enough (no pun intended), even though the plot was very clever. I thought the use of humour in SW was better as well with good lines, great casting of rather than simply relying on rather absurd Beatrix Potter style animal masks peeping over brick walls.

[ZZZZ Snoozer]

The best part for me is the music. I love it, particularly that folk tune Brit Ekland sings (mimes to?) when she's writhing around naked in her room.

I believe that it isn't Britt, but a body double that you see. Ingrid Pitt in the bath is worth the 3.99 though.

[Cowboy Bob]

My parents used to live near Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway where a lot of it was filmed. Culzean Castle is where Christopher Lee's character is based and it's well worth a visit. You can still see the stumps of the wicker man they burned at the top of the cliffs just round the corner from Stranraer. Lovely part of the country, and the locals aren't quite as bad as they are in the film...

[Cliphead]

You can still see the stumps of the wicker man they burned at the top of the cliffs just round the corner from Stranraer.

Unfortunately not anymore, somebody stole them a few weeks ago.

[wendigo100]

The best part for me is the music. I love it, particularly that folk tune Brit Ekland sings (mimes to?) when she's writhing around naked in her room. The scene, her then hubby, Rod Stewart, was far from chuffed about.

The Whicker Man was made two years before Britt Ekland met Rod Stewart.

[wendigo100]

Excellent film though Denny.

My favourite is The Haunting - the 1960-ish black-and-white original, not the recent remake.

[Denny]

The Whicker Man was made two years before Britt Ekland met Rod Stewart.

But Rod Stewart tried to buy the rights to the film when he saw his newly acquired girlfriend writhing around naked. He failed, apparently, but his anger does suggests that it was BE's body not a double's.

[wendigo100]

Ah, I thought you said "her then hubby".