Surely the most logical sequel would be an investigation into the missing copper? I mean, someone on the mainland must have noticed that he hadn't come back!!!!
That's a very good point lol. But then Hardy is on record stating that Howie was supposed to be stick-in-the-mud and unliked by his peers, so maybe none of the other officers were too fussed when he didn't return!
@@HauntedBlowfish Well that's kind of a perfect turn on the plot then. Another cop or two show up, not really pleased with their job but figuring it has to be done. Lots of nice dialogue about what a wanker Howie was. Twist could be that one of the cops is in league with the islanders. Writes itself. I feel it's a big mistake bringing an American vibe into a British folk horror story. Especially with characters based on a stereotype. Not that such people don't exist here, sadly they do. But it just serves to toss more incongruity into the story. Anyway, to me British folk horror is about that hint that the old paganism never died and is out there in the rural districts, waiting. (Or just doing its thing). It works as an idea because Britain really was pagan once. It's a country with thousands of years of history and for much of that, it was mysterious and dark and all those neat things suggestive of paganism. It was even Roman for a while, for god's sake. So British folk horror, as a genre, has some good weight to it. America, though, is a country born in the 18th century, (even if its roots go back a couple hundred years before) in the era of the enlightenment and so on. It has no real memory of paganism, and while the native inhabitants had their spirit beliefs, the memory of those times is even more lost as we pushed the native Americans not only off their lands but out of their own cultural beliefs and traditions. So... you toss Americans into a British folk horror story... and to me it gives it a kind of silly, too-modern, unbelievable vibe. Folk Horror ties more to an ancient past.
Ever since first seeing it, imo, Midsommar (2020) is the sequel the original 'Wicker Man' deserved. Not better by any means but a good, horror film using similar themes.
@@Dog_Is_My_CopilotI think it definitely brought enough new to the table. It influence is much more directly shown than just about any other movie I can think of, but I love them both
When rewatching the original, the desk beetle scene is pretty “on the nose” symbolism (though, till great). Those responsible for the remake totally misunderstood this scene and changed it for a jump scare; a bird that was trapped in a desk but then escapes. Escapes. Flies away. Definitive proof (as if it were needed) of how clueless they were regarding the source material. Apologies for shoe-horning this rant into this convo. 😬
As soon as they mentioned a script with a monstrous worm I thought of Lair of the White Worm, very fun b-movie with some future stars especially Hugh Grant.
A followup for the Wicker Man should have been an investigation into the disappearance of SGT Howie. I can picture another police plane flying over the bay where Howie landed, only to see a vague outline of a plane sitting at the bottom. "Well don't you see I'll be missed! They'll come looking for me!!. There'll be no traces! Bring him up Oak!!"
I don't know if I think that they'd come after him. I feel like it's more plausible that the police force on the mainland is infiltrated by the cult and were fully in on the sacrifice plot. If anything, I think a sequel to The Wicker Man would need to be set on the mainland in order to avoid the question of whether their beliefs were correct or not. The cult being empowered by the economic boom brought about by a good harvest, buying off local politicians and infiltrating the police force to provide cover for their escalating level of activity on the mainland, feels like a pretty logical escalation to me. Keep it so that there's no definitive evidence about the supernatural being real (Summerisle could just have been lucky about the harvest) and I think that it could work.
The Wicker Man was released from "British Lion Films" who's filmography isn't majority horror like Hammer or Amicus. So this comment is partially unrelated. I just wanted to bring up, the often ignored Tigon films. If Hammer is the king of Gothic Horror, and Amicus are the kings of the anthology, I guess you could give "folk horror" (I don't think people used that term yet) to Tigon. I would definitely suggest "Blood on Satan's Claw" and "The Conquerer Worm" if you enjoyed The Wicker Man. "The Creeping Flesh" is fantastic too, but not as folky as the other two.
The Lambton Worm is even weirder than the Wicker Man. The Wicker Man cannot be remade, nor can its end be changed or retconned. It is perfect as it is. Anything else would be vandalism.
We already have a centuries old legend story of the Lambton worm in north east England from the Lord Lambton estate and his take of throwing a worm down a well which grew into a giant serpent that ate people and livestock until a young lord Lambton cut it up in an epic battle. There is a rhyme about it too and deep folklore in my region. I would like to see that adaptation.
The Wicker Man really only started to be appreciated a decade after its release - partly because the combination of the film style and the music was so out of joint with the 80s and 90s. Sequel films and remakes will never be able to come any way close to matching this.
@@HauntedBlowfish yeah...but plenty stayed and he got a lot of love which was cool. You kinda forget that film-makers are usually so far removed from their fans that it's so great when they meet people that their creations have such an effect on...kind of an affirmation of their achievement...which in his case is pretty epic in its' influence and growing resonance
@@Farold_Haltermeyer Very true, and I would have loved to have been there myself. And he was very dead-set on wanting to make yet another spiritual sequel after this one, so any negative reception to The Wicker Tree couldn't have been too bad, but still!
@@HauntedBlowfish Esepcially tough as funding was already drying up at that point...not as bad as it is now but he had, as you explained, already struggled with the..."gods". I think that's Danish for arsehole?
I have watched the original Wicker Man numerous times, and the Wicker Tree twice. I thought that the 2006 Wicker Man remake with Nicolas Cage as the cop 'Edward Malus' tried quite well to emulate the original 1973. Good to see some interest with The Wicker Man, now being 51 years old. Thanks for posting 👍
I'm not saying the Wicker Tree is a bad film, but a few years ago when I fancied rewatching the Wickerman I grabbed a dvd copy and it was cheaper to buy a boxset that included the Wicker Tree than it was to get the film on its own.
@@HauntedBlowfish just going through stuff....being ...challenged by circumstances. You vid was a wonderful distraction ... Really lifted de ol' spirits. NrN.... Ffti. No reply nec. Feel free to ignore.
@@GERARDMacCauley No worries, I always try to reply to as many comments as I can! Glad to have provided some distraction and hope things get better soon!
Considering that this is Christopher Lee related, I'm just wondering if you've started planning an original vs remake for Dracula yet? I know I've mentioned it already but I just really wana see one from ya lol
@@HauntedBlowfish ah right, well there's no rush obviously so whenever you feel like getting round to it, I'll be here to watch it lol also maybe you should rest up and recharge ya batteries, you can't be running on empty after all lol
You forgot to mention what happens to Beth when(and after) the villagers get their hands on her(as it would have been more logical if Christopher Lee came in and walked her over there to reveal himself as a vengeful Lord Summerisle).
Good shout, saving Lee (specifically reprising that role) for the ending in any capacity would have been much more effective. Annoyed that this didn't happen now lol
The Lampton Wyrm is a UK myth, like Nessie or the Hairy Hands, but much older, localised to the town of Lampton. It was made into a novel called "Lair of the White Worm" by Bram Stoker 1911, which was made into a movie starring a very young Hugh Grant in 1988. I've no idea where you got "Dampton" from, maybe you're confusing it with "Denton" in the rocky horror sequel?
@@hannahlarge5738 AND an even more unrecognizably young Peter Capaldi! Who shows it takes a REAL Scotsman to not only take on a bunch of vampiric snake people with bagpipes but do it wearing a kilt!
@@hannahlarge5738when I was about 13, I picked up a demo tape from a band called The Tossers from Chicago, and on it was The D'ampton Worm. They were a Celtic Revival punk band before it was popular (well before Dropkick). I saw "Lair" about two years later and realized where they got it. Later in life my band toured and eventually played a few shows with The Tossers. And that's how I remember the worm thing.
Sadly, all that remains of the unofficial 1982 Canadian re-make is the dance scene, but you can see the Jester doesn't realise what they mean by 'Safety' Dance.
I thought it was quite entertaining even with Mr Floppy Hair aka Hugh Grant. But then local genius Ken Russell was a bit of an acquired taste… unlike Ms Amanda Donahue I should add…
Christopher Lee may have thought his best movie was Ken Russel's Tommy The Movie , which he was attached to until Jack Nicholson was passing through England on his way to the Cannes Film Festival, and Russell couldn't resist reigniting the sparks between Jack and Ann-Margret. Coincidentally, Russell also directed the 😊mentioned Lair of the White Worm.
I came across Honeysuckle Weeks as the assistant to Superintendent Foyle in FOYLE'S WAR. What would he make of her in this position? She was almost his daughter-in-law! 😂 Her sister, Perdita Weeks, played the female Higgins in the MAGNUM, PI reboot.
If you're talking about the actress who played Willow, that wasn't her. She was topless, yes, but her fully nude scenes were performed by a double. Miss Ekland was pissed when she found out, even though it was her who refused to get full naked. Rod Stewart, who dated her at the time, tried to protest against the film when he heard about the scene itself.
Indeed! Due to the largely negative reaction to the film (which, judging by all the comments flooding in since, still stands), Wicker Tree just kinda came and went in a very short space of time.
@@HauntedBlowfishIt is funny. I worked at a bookstore and ordered this in for myself…the book Cowboys For Christ and then bought a cheap used copy of the movie. It’s not great, but I wanted to see the whole trilogy realized.
I find it hard to think there could be sequel/prequel or a re-imagining of such a unique peice of art as The Wickerman. It would be like trying to do the same with a Caravaggio or re imagining a peice of music by Mozart. All attempts have failed miserably and The Wicker Tree is no exception, I thought it was infantile garbage.
@@HauntedBlowfish agreed. I saw the making of the wickerman and when Britt saw that scene she was stunned. Not only because she refused to do it but also because she wasn't told about the double. She refereed to her double as, "that woman with the fat a$$" lol. Which is a bit unkind. Its a lovely pair of peaches ;)
I saw it at Frightfest the year it came out. It's terrible. More like one of Britain's Carry On films. Loads of laughter from the audience - which I thought was generous....
oh no, Dr. Sleep i am not a fan of. it like a YA superhero film for most of it and the end felt more like memberberries. as a kid superhero film i guess it's fine but as a sequel to the shining, not for me.
I might have felt that way if I hadn't read the Dr Sleep book prior, so I knew what I was getting into it (and had already warmed up to the new plot/characters/direction). Nothing could really live up to The Shining (book or film) so it's just a miracle it's not a complete disaster really haha
I hate it with a Vengeance, i can safely say it's the most painful Film i have ever had the misfortune to watch, i can't watch films with Nick Cage in anymore.
WITHOUT WATCHING THE VIDEO I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION SIMPLY. I WAS AT THE PREMIERE AND THE ANSWER IS NO, NE, NYET. LIKE AN EPISODE OF AN ITV SUNDAY NIGHT THING WITH FELICITY KENDAL. AWFUL. APOLS FOR CAPS.
i am sorry, but your pronunciation is jarring and distracting. it is WITH, with a th, like leather. not WIF. TWO FOUSAND FREE. THE, not DA. good god, man. FUNDING FELL FREW. VA GODS HAD OVER PLANS. It's like every sentence. how dare you criticize anything.
I am sorry, but your comment is not only rude but desultory and unnecessary. You can't review something because you have a slight speech impediment (assuming the reviewer does have one); where is the logic in that? Even if you happened to be the world's most renowned speech therapist or vocal coach, why would you go to a RUclips channel dedicated to horror cinema to start rants on cacoepy? Actually, if you were such an astute linguist and master of orthoepy you probably wouldn't be so intolerant of potential incorrect phrasings (read: sounding different to yourself) in the first place. By the way, how dare you start your last sentence without a capital letter, H, like Hate-filled miscreant.
The original Wicker Man is shite and boring. If you was to watch it without the sound it looks like a Monty Python film. When Edward Woodward is being taken to the wicker man the way he acts makes it more comical than anything else.
@@SunshineLoLypops My view on the Wicker Man is my opinion and an opinion isn't wrong or right. No, I don't live in a state of idiocy either. There is no correlation between intellect and taste in movies.
@@necropink9200sure. have your opinion but if saying it looks like one of those beautifully filmed Monty python movies is supposed to be a proper knock, you arent proving your point.
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finally, a 'forgotten' video on youtube where i literally never have heard of this. this is wild
I was reluctant to head into a more 'clickbaity' realm of titles... but this comment validates me hahaha
Wicker Tree was truly something... that is best left unmentioned
The only good thing about the Wicker tree was the artwork of the DVD cover 😅
Surely the most logical sequel would be an investigation into the missing copper? I mean, someone on the mainland must have noticed that he hadn't come back!!!!
That's a very good point lol. But then Hardy is on record stating that Howie was supposed to be stick-in-the-mud and unliked by his peers, so maybe none of the other officers were too fussed when he didn't return!
@@HauntedBlowfishAgreed!
@@HauntedBlowfish Well that's kind of a perfect turn on the plot then. Another cop or two show up, not really pleased with their job but figuring it has to be done. Lots of nice dialogue about what a wanker Howie was. Twist could be that one of the cops is in league with the islanders. Writes itself.
I feel it's a big mistake bringing an American vibe into a British folk horror story. Especially with characters based on a stereotype. Not that such people don't exist here, sadly they do. But it just serves to toss more incongruity into the story. Anyway, to me British folk horror is about that hint that the old paganism never died and is out there in the rural districts, waiting. (Or just doing its thing). It works as an idea because Britain really was pagan once. It's a country with thousands of years of history and for much of that, it was mysterious and dark and all those neat things suggestive of paganism. It was even Roman for a while, for god's sake. So British folk horror, as a genre, has some good weight to it.
America, though, is a country born in the 18th century, (even if its roots go back a couple hundred years before) in the era of the enlightenment and so on. It has no real memory of paganism, and while the native inhabitants had their spirit beliefs, the memory of those times is even more lost as we pushed the native Americans not only off their lands but out of their own cultural beliefs and traditions. So... you toss Americans into a British folk horror story... and to me it gives it a kind of silly, too-modern, unbelievable vibe. Folk Horror ties more to an ancient past.
@@Randall1001 Agreed on all points!
@@stephencampion2127 or returned the plane
Fun fact actor Christopher Lee agreed to do the wicker man for free because he loved the script very much.
What a legend!
Ever since first seeing it, imo, Midsommar (2020) is the sequel the original 'Wicker Man' deserved.
Not better by any means but a good, horror film using similar themes.
Yeah I can get on board with that
‘Midsommer’ treaded the line between homage and rip-off imho
@@Dog_Is_My_CopilotI think it definitely brought enough new to the table. It influence is much more directly shown than just about any other movie I can think of, but I love them both
Robin Hardy pitched the sequel by writing the title on a chalkboard, adding an "s", then turning it into a dollar sign spelling "Wicker Man$".
"I get that reference"
Game over, man.
😂
I know what that is.
Im a little drunk, but isnt that a Cameron reference?
Is it as entertaining as Nick Cage punching & kickboxing his way through village women & screaming "Not the bees!! Argggggh!"
Nothing will EVER be as entertaining as that, let's be real haha
When rewatching the original, the desk beetle scene is pretty “on the nose” symbolism (though, till great).
Those responsible for the remake totally misunderstood this scene and changed it for a jump scare; a bird that was trapped in a desk but then escapes. Escapes. Flies away.
Definitive proof (as if it were needed) of how clueless they were regarding the source material.
Apologies for shoe-horning this rant into this convo. 😬
FYI, that was a body double's bum not Ekland's.
Indeed, I just described it as such for the pacing of the joke. Maybe I should have just gone with Butt Ekland
@@HauntedBlowfish But (no pun intended) she was happy to do the frontal shots. Go figure.
You’re supposed to say spoiler alert.
@@63mckenzie why was she afraid to show her bum ?
@@tomdevlin5412 And Darth Vader is Luke's father.
As soon as they mentioned a script with a monstrous worm I thought of Lair of the White Worm, very fun b-movie with some future stars especially Hugh Grant.
Yup, adore that strange little film haha
A followup for the Wicker Man should have been an investigation into the disappearance of SGT Howie.
I can picture another police plane flying over the bay where Howie landed, only to see a vague outline of a plane sitting at the bottom.
"Well don't you see I'll be missed! They'll come looking for me!!. There'll be no traces! Bring him up Oak!!"
I'd happily watch a direct sequel like that, if they had made it in the 70s at least.
I don't know if I think that they'd come after him.
I feel like it's more plausible that the police force on the mainland is infiltrated by the cult and were fully in on the sacrifice plot.
If anything, I think a sequel to The Wicker Man would need to be set on the mainland in order to avoid the question of whether their beliefs were correct or not.
The cult being empowered by the economic boom brought about by a good harvest, buying off local politicians and infiltrating the police force to provide cover for their escalating level of activity on the mainland, feels like a pretty logical escalation to me.
Keep it so that there's no definitive evidence about the supernatural being real (Summerisle could just have been lucky about the harvest) and I think that it could work.
The Wicker Man was released from "British Lion Films" who's filmography isn't majority horror like Hammer or Amicus. So this comment is partially unrelated. I just wanted to bring up, the often ignored Tigon films. If Hammer is the king of Gothic Horror, and Amicus are the kings of the anthology, I guess you could give "folk horror" (I don't think people used that term yet) to Tigon. I would definitely suggest "Blood on Satan's Claw" and "The Conquerer Worm" if you enjoyed The Wicker Man. "The Creeping Flesh" is fantastic too, but not as folky as the other two.
Great recommendations!
As a 8 yr old at the theater, I kept waiting for the giant worm.
@@HudsonValleyVHS “The Creeping Flesh” & “The Blood Beast Terror” are two of my favourite horror films. As is “Night of the Demon”.
I've seen it. It was a movie. And that's the nicest I can be.
The Lambton Worm is even weirder than the Wicker Man. The Wicker Man cannot be remade, nor can its end be changed or retconned. It is perfect as it is. Anything else would be vandalism.
And vandalism is the name of the game these days!
The remake had its moments and it had fuck this shit energy that only a combo of Neil LaBute and prime Nic Cage can do.
@@volodymyrbilyk555 Nope, no moments at all that were even vaguely good. It was a total disaster.
@@volodymyrbilyk555 It was unspeakably awful and i will never forgive Nicholas Cage.
@@volodymyrbilyk555we haven't seen peak Nic Cage YET. Mark my words, he has another Oscar in him.
We already have a centuries old legend story of the Lambton worm in north east England from the Lord Lambton estate and his take of throwing a worm down a well which grew into a giant serpent that ate people and livestock until a young lord Lambton cut it up in an epic battle. There is a rhyme about it too and deep folklore in my region. I would like to see that adaptation.
Brilliant editing. 👍
Thank you :)
So glad I found this channel!Bingeing your videos now and loving them!
Thanks for watching and commenting, much appreciated!
Man, Christer Persecution Complex is really something.
The first remake of the Wicker man I can remember is Spell Binder with Kelly Preston. Hard to find.
Haven't heard of that one but a quick Google search has grabbed my interest, thanks!
Saw it at Frightfest with Robin Hardy in attendance. It wasn’t good.
Cage has made a remake were he is allergic to small green vegetables grown in the garden. "NOOOOO, NOT THE PEASSSSSSSSS"!
Funny thing is, with how eccentric Cage's career is, this could genuinely happen and nobody would blink an eye
Wow never heard of this before and I've seen Wicker Man many times!
Yeah, it never really got much attention (due to the strongly negative reception on release I suppose)
Had to pause the video midway through and go to imdb to see if this is a real movie or an elaborate prank from you. XP
No, an elaborate prank by the filmmakers perhaps!! 😂
Haha I wouldn't be so mean!
Ouch! hahaha
lol that "nearly severed one of your googlies" made me laugh.
The Wicker Man really only started to be appreciated a decade after its release - partly because the combination of the film style and the music was so out of joint with the 80s and 90s. Sequel films and remakes will never be able to come any way close to matching this.
Indeed, it is a very singular piece. I still appreciate Hardy's efforts to try though.
I remember he turned up at Frightfest with it...and the mad panic to get out before the post film Q&A as it was so excruciatingly embarrassing
Ahh that breaks my heart a little, poor Robin!
@@HauntedBlowfish yeah...but plenty stayed and he got a lot of love which was cool. You kinda forget that film-makers are usually so far removed from their fans that it's so great when they meet people that their creations have such an effect on...kind of an affirmation of their achievement...which in his case is pretty epic in its' influence and growing resonance
@@Farold_Haltermeyer Very true, and I would have loved to have been there myself. And he was very dead-set on wanting to make yet another spiritual sequel after this one, so any negative reception to The Wicker Tree couldn't have been too bad, but still!
@@HauntedBlowfish Esepcially tough as funding was already drying up at that point...not as bad as it is now but he had, as you explained, already struggled with the..."gods". I think that's Danish for arsehole?
I have watched the original Wicker Man numerous times, and the Wicker Tree twice. I thought that the 2006 Wicker Man remake with Nicolas Cage as the cop 'Edward Malus' tried quite well to emulate the original 1973. Good to see some interest with The Wicker Man, now being 51 years old. Thanks for posting 👍
Likewise thanks for watching and commenting! The original Wicker Man is timeless and demands rewatches every so often!
The audio play by Bleak December with Brian Blessed is a great retelling of The Wicker Man
I need to give that a listen!
Wait, Mark Gormley died? Damn, I had no idea, rest in power (stance) Mark.
Yeah, earlier this year, sadly. A true legend
It was a beautiful movie to me. I would love to live on summer isle.
If we can do away with the sacrifices, I agree!
@@HauntedBlowfish Someone must play the fool in our little game.
I knew that had to end up something to do with The Lair of the White Worm!!!
I mirror the other comments, wtf there's a sequel?!?!
Lol spiritual sequel I suppose, but still!
I'm not saying the Wicker Tree is a bad film, but a few years ago when I fancied rewatching the Wickerman I grabbed a dvd copy and it was cheaper to buy a boxset that included the Wicker Tree than it was to get the film on its own.
Hahaha yeah that is pretty damning.
One thing I do like about this flick is the Score by veteran composer John Scott.
That's fair; good soundtracks in both films!
Fantastic. Appreciate your effort.......
Most entertaining 🎉.
Keep up the good work 😻💯
Thanks for watching and commenting, it is much appreciated!
@@HauntedBlowfish just going through stuff....being ...challenged by circumstances. You vid was a wonderful distraction ... Really lifted de ol' spirits. NrN.... Ffti. No reply nec. Feel free to ignore.
@@GERARDMacCauley No worries, I always try to reply to as many comments as I can! Glad to have provided some distraction and hope things get better soon!
That bloody cowboy hat....
Lol
Considering that this is Christopher Lee related, I'm just wondering if you've started planning an original vs remake for Dracula yet? I know I've mentioned it already but I just really wana see one from ya lol
Haha not yet. Honestly I've been avoiding Originals vs Remakes in general just because they take so much work and I'm a little spent at the moment!
@@HauntedBlowfish ah right, well there's no rush obviously so whenever you feel like getting round to it, I'll be here to watch it lol also maybe you should rest up and recharge ya batteries, you can't be running on empty after all lol
@@BradLad56 That does sound quite nice... might take January off or something. On the other hand, as they say, no rest for the wicked!
You forgot to mention what happens to Beth when(and after) the villagers get their hands on her(as it would have been more logical if Christopher Lee came in and walked her over there to reveal himself as a vengeful Lord Summerisle).
Good shout, saving Lee (specifically reprising that role) for the ending in any capacity would have been much more effective. Annoyed that this didn't happen now lol
Every part of the wicker man was brilliant right down to Christopher Lee's unhinged hair at the end.
There were some serious hair/outfit goals in that original film, definitely! Haha
Wicker Man II: More Wicked
I couldnt even finish it.
Wow i had no idea this existed.
I don't think they had any money left for marketing by the end of it!
5:30 Mark!
What a legend
Thought it was the Dampton Worm?
The Lampton Wyrm is a UK myth, like Nessie or the Hairy Hands, but much older, localised to the town of Lampton. It was made into a novel called "Lair of the White Worm" by Bram Stoker 1911, which was made into a movie starring a very young Hugh Grant in 1988.
I've no idea where you got "Dampton" from, maybe you're confusing it with "Denton" in the rocky horror sequel?
@@hannahlarge5738I think they renamed it as Dampton in that movie
Yes it's Dampton in the Ken Russell film.
@@hannahlarge5738 AND an even more unrecognizably young Peter Capaldi! Who shows it takes a REAL Scotsman to not only take on a bunch of vampiric snake people with bagpipes but do it wearing a kilt!
@@hannahlarge5738when I was about 13, I picked up a demo tape from a band called The Tossers from Chicago, and on it was The D'ampton Worm. They were a Celtic Revival punk band before it was popular (well before Dropkick). I saw "Lair" about two years later and realized where they got it.
Later in life my band toured and eventually played a few shows with The Tossers.
And that's how I remember the worm thing.
Wait there was a sequel that didn't involve Nick Cage and bees
Thankfully yes haha
I feel that the Dennis Kelly series the third day is a spin off from the wicker man even though it has no official connection.
I never actually got around to watching that, thanks for the reminder!
Sadly, all that remains of the unofficial 1982 Canadian re-make is the dance scene, but you can see the Jester doesn't realise what they mean by 'Safety' Dance.
No it's awful watch Liar of the White Worm instead.
I thought it was quite entertaining even with Mr Floppy Hair aka Hugh Grant. But then local genius Ken Russell was a bit of an acquired taste… unlike Ms Amanda Donahue I should add…
While I wouldn't call The Wicker Tree awful, I will concede that Lair is infinetely better and more entertaining
2:00 Hey that’s Britt’s body doubles’ shimmying backside! 😅
Christopher Lee may have thought his best movie was Ken Russel's Tommy The Movie , which he was attached to until Jack Nicholson was passing through England on his way to the Cannes Film Festival, and Russell couldn't resist reigniting the sparks between Jack and Ann-Margret. Coincidentally, Russell also directed the 😊mentioned Lair of the White Worm.
Didn't know Lee was going to be involved in that film, that's interesting. He certainly had the singing voice for it!
I came across Honeysuckle Weeks as the assistant to Superintendent Foyle in FOYLE'S WAR. What would he make of her in this position? She was almost his daughter-in-law! 😂
Her sister, Perdita Weeks, played the female Higgins in the MAGNUM, PI reboot.
Holy crap! I saw the entire Foyle series and watched the latter half of this movie and didn't recognize her!
Never made the Perdita connection, seems obvious now!
Dark ride for third movie
Did u read the book or cowboys for christ
Midsommer sim to third movie idea
No, I've not had the opportunity to read the book (or any of the related Wicker Man books/novelisations) but they are on my list!
Wickerman scarred me as a kid. I could never watch it again. Well, apart from Britt Ekland being naked. That didn't scar me 😊.
If you're talking about the actress who played Willow, that wasn't her. She was topless, yes, but her fully nude scenes were performed by a double. Miss Ekland was pissed when she found out, even though it was her who refused to get full naked. Rod Stewart, who dated her at the time, tried to protest against the film when he heard about the scene itself.
@@16shogunelitegreen Just the thought of Britt Ekland nude is enough for me 😃
Similar situation here, though my Britt fascination had already begun with The Man with the Golden Gun hahaha
Wait a minute... there is a sequel!
Indeed, it just kinda came and went.
@@HauntedBlowfish the things you learn 😄
THERES A WICKER MAN SEQUEL???
The Wicker Tree is more of a spiritual sequel.
@@16shogunelitegreen Yeah i get that but...stil...What is going on lol
Indeed! Due to the largely negative reaction to the film (which, judging by all the comments flooding in since, still stands), Wicker Tree just kinda came and went in a very short space of time.
@@HauntedBlowfishIt is funny. I worked at a bookstore and ordered this in for myself…the book Cowboys For Christ and then bought a cheap used copy of the movie. It’s not great, but I wanted to see the whole trilogy realized.
@@HauntedBlowfish Could it be that part of the problem is the existence of the 2006 Wicker Man Reboot?
The wicker of Dibley the movie💪🏾
Hahaha
I find it hard to think there could be sequel/prequel or a re-imagining of such a unique peice of art as The Wickerman. It would be like trying to do the same with a Caravaggio or re imagining a peice of music by Mozart. All attempts have failed miserably and The Wicker Tree is no exception, I thought it was infantile garbage.
The forgotten WHAT?!
Haha that's the reaction I was hoping for!
The Lair of the White Worm is set in Derbyshire not Scotland. Maybe try watching it?!
I have but it's been a fair few years; recollections of Capaldi threw me off. No need to be snarky.
The wicker man 2 also known as Let's burn him again the sequel 😊
Pretty much haha
That was a stunt Bum. That wasn't Britt Ekland.
The Wicker Man presented by Hallmark.
Haha savage!
That wasn't britt eklands backside. She used a stunt double. Or a$$ double?
Indeed, though to explain that would've ruined the pacing of the joke. Mind you, either way it's a fantastic shimmy.
@@HauntedBlowfish agreed. I saw the making of the wickerman and when Britt saw that scene she was stunned. Not only because she refused to do it but also because she wasn't told about the double. She refereed to her double as, "that woman with the fat a$$" lol. Which is a bit unkind. Its a lovely pair of peaches ;)
#ReleaseTheShimmyCut
@@HauntedBlowfishI think Britt’s double double butt shimmy fits. :)
TLDR no, The Wicker Tree the most boring shit.
Marmaladeslurp month doesnt quite have the same ring to it
but then did it turn into lair of white worm?
okay wow called it
I saw it at Frightfest the year it came out. It's terrible. More like one of Britain's Carry On films. Loads of laughter from the audience - which I thought was generous....
Don't forget the twenty this twenty that crap .
No ! How could they "Blow it" ?
Haven't you heard, every single film apparently needs to be a franchise these days!
I've seen both but I only remember the original. So the answer is no.
That's fair. The original sure does leave a lasting impression!
oh no, Dr. Sleep i am not a fan of. it like a YA superhero film for most of it and the end felt more like memberberries. as a kid superhero film i guess it's fine but as a sequel to the shining, not for me.
I might have felt that way if I hadn't read the Dr Sleep book prior, so I knew what I was getting into it (and had already warmed up to the new plot/characters/direction). Nothing could really live up to The Shining (book or film) so it's just a miracle it's not a complete disaster really haha
Nicholas Cage's comedy version was Good!
I can't see a bee without hearing his screams
@@HauntedBlowfish "Nooo, not the Beeeeees"!
The answer is no. 3,000 times no!! It’s terrible.
The Wicker Tree was truly awful.
I enjoyed it. It's goofy. But the laddie scene is horrifying.imo
I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes the film!
So yet again the yanks rock up late and take over 😂😂😂
Haha yup
The re-make with Nicholas Cage is over an hour of true wierdness. Highly recommended.
"NOO!! NOT THE BEES!! NOT THE BEES!!!"😵😵😵😵😱😱
I hate it with a Vengeance, i can safely say it's the most painful Film i have ever had the misfortune to watch, i can't watch films with Nick Cage in anymore.
Movie looks cheap. The cinematography doesn't look too good.
That's true and something I did mean to point out. The whole thing just feels flat and not very cinematic, which harms the atmosphere as well.
WITHOUT WATCHING THE VIDEO I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION SIMPLY. I WAS AT THE PREMIERE AND THE ANSWER IS NO, NE, NYET. LIKE AN EPISODE OF AN ITV SUNDAY NIGHT THING WITH FELICITY KENDAL. AWFUL. APOLS FOR CAPS.
While I disagree and do like the film, your ITV comparison did give me a good chuckle haha
Awful movie no one misses the cop nonsensical garbage
i am sorry, but your pronunciation is jarring and distracting. it is WITH, with a th, like leather. not WIF. TWO FOUSAND FREE. THE, not DA. good god, man. FUNDING FELL FREW. VA GODS HAD OVER PLANS. It's like every sentence. how dare you criticize anything.
I am sorry, but your comment is not only rude but desultory and unnecessary. You can't review something because you have a slight speech impediment (assuming the reviewer does have one); where is the logic in that? Even if you happened to be the world's most renowned speech therapist or vocal coach, why would you go to a RUclips channel dedicated to horror cinema to start rants on cacoepy? Actually, if you were such an astute linguist and master of orthoepy you probably wouldn't be so intolerant of potential incorrect phrasings (read: sounding different to yourself) in the first place. By the way, how dare you start your last sentence without a capital letter, H, like Hate-filled miscreant.
The original Wicker Man is shite and boring. If you was to watch it without the sound it looks like a Monty Python film. When Edward Woodward is being taken to the wicker man the way he acts makes it more comical than anything else.
Does it hurt being so wrong or do you just wonder about in a blissful state of idiocy?
@@SunshineLoLypops My view on the Wicker Man is my opinion and an opinion isn't wrong or right. No, I don't live in a state of idiocy either. There is no correlation between intellect and taste in movies.
@@necropink9200I agree, it's very overated. Midsommar is a way better weirdo rutual sacrifice film. Even Darklands with Craig Fairbrass is better.
monty python movies were quite beautifully filmed. Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones are both great fantasy directors.
Top of the class!
@@necropink9200sure. have your opinion but if saying it looks like one of those beautifully filmed Monty python movies is supposed to be a proper knock, you arent proving your point.
Not a sequel, more like a variation of the original movie. And it sucks.
That's not Britt Eklands backside.
Indeed, I just described it as such for the pacing of the joke. Though I should know better than to not give proper butt credit etiquette!