The Wicker Man

Sergeant Howie travels to Summerisle, Scotland to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. He soon discovers the tight-knit community has a sinister secret involving pagan rituals and human sacrifice.

• Christopher Lee took a pay cut to be involved in the film.
• The film was shot completely on location, no sound stages used.
• The movie is based on the novel 'Ritual' by David Pinner.
• Christopher Lee considered it his best film in a long career.
• The film was initially released as part of a double feature.

• Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!
• It's most important that each new generation born on Summerisle be made aware that here the old gods aren't dead.
• And now for our more dreadful sacrifice...
• I think I could turn and live with animals. They are so placid and self-contained.
• I believe in the life eternal, as promised to us by our Lord, Jesus Christ.