Tag: The Wicker Man
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Making The Wicker Man Was Almost As Horrifying As The Movie Itself
“The Wicker Man” is one of the most influential horror movies of all time, but filming it wasn’t a walk in the park for the cast and crew. Though it’s set in a place called Summerisle and features talk of spring ceremonies and May Day celebrations, the film was shot in Scotland in the wet…
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How An Entire Island Conspired To Murder A Policeman In The Wicker Man
This weekend is a big one for burning effigies around my household. Here in the Czech Republic, April 30th is when people all around the country gather to burn witches and banish the last traces of winter. The celebrations usually include lots of fun and games for the kids, music, dancing, plus klobasa sausages and plenty…
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Streaming: the best springtime movies
From the floral euphoria of Bambi to outright pastoral terror in The Wicker Man, cinema’s best spring stories are a heady bunchSpring is emphatically here, albeit in somewhat damp form of late; coinciding with the vaccine drive and an incremental lifting of lockdown restrictions has rarely felt like quite such a restorative time of year.…
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‘Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched’ Review: A Deep, Three-Hour History of Cinematic Folk Horror
, Kier-La Janisse’s “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched” crams an entire semester’s worth of Hauntology 101 into a numbingly comprehensive 193-minute documentary that unearths the history of cinematic folk horror in such loving, erudite, and seductive detail that you almost can’t wait for it to be over so you can start watching some of the…
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‘Midsommar’ Review: ‘Hereditary’ Director’s Latest Horror Epic Is Actually a Perverse Breakup Movie
“Midsommar” begins with a traumatic event and ends on a perverse sex scene, capped off by devious, vengeful circumstances at once cathartic and macabre. To that end, it’s a natural extension of the grim cinematic universe that spawned “Hereditary,” writer-director Ari Aster’s disturbing 2018 debut, but this sprawling follow-up has more audacious intentions. This is…
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‘Hereditary’s’ Ari Aster Says “Psychedelic” Horror Film ‘Midsommar’ Is a “Fairytale” Similar To ‘Alice In Wonderland’
When you first watch the trailer for director Ari Aster’s upcoming horror film, “Midsommar,” you wouldn’t be wrong to draw comparisons to “The Wicker Man.” The ‘70s horror film is a bit of a cult classic and deals with very similar territory of a creepy cult that is likely up to no good. However, the…
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‘Lady Macbeth’ Star Florence Pugh Set For ‘Hereditary’ Director & A24’s Next Horror
Lady Macbeth star Florence Pugh will lead Hereditary director Ari Aster’s next movie, an untitled horror for A24. Pugh confirmed the casting during a TCA panel for BBC series Little Drummer Girl and tweeted about it late last night, saying, “What a role this will be…god am I pumped/nervous/can’t believe this is happening.” Aster has…
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Nicolas Cage as The Joker could be a masterstroke – or a major mistake
The very good, or very bad actor, depending on your tastes, has said that he would like to play Batman’s nemesis. Will the studios take the bait?If there were ever a Marmite actor, dividing opinion equally between those who believe he is a maverick genius and those who see him as a giant ham, it…
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Theme Park Bits: Toy Story Land Opening Date Set, Meet Black Panther Now, ‘Wicker Man’ Ride Looks Awesome
In this edition of Theme Park Bits: See the announcement of the opening date for Toy Story Land at Walt Disney World. All hail, King T’Challa! The time of Black Panther has arrived at Disneyland Resort. Stunning new pics let you feel the burn of The Wicker Man roller coaster in England. There will soon…