The Wicker Man The Wicker Man The Wicker Man is a 1973 British mystery horror film directed by Robin Hardy. It stars Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Christopher Lee. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner's 1967 novel "Ritual", centres on the visit of Police Sergeant Neil Howie to the isolated island of Summerisle, in search of a missing girl. Howie, a devout Christian, is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned Christianity and now practise a form of Celtic paganism. Paul Giovanni composed the film score. "The Wicker Man" is generally well-regarded
The Wicker Man (film series) DVD on Amazon for the first three months after its release, a fact that director Robin Hardy was very proud of. "The Wrath of the Gods" was a planned romantic black comedy film written and to have been directed by Hardy, and based on "Twilight of the Gods", the final part of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. In this film, "the gods get their comeuppance." Hardy announced plans for a trilogy in a 2007 interview with "The Guardian" newspaper, though the first film in the trilogy, "The Wicker Man", was originally made in 1973, 34 years before. The third film was