The Wicker Man
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A devout, puritanical Scottish police sergeant flies to the secluded Hebridean island of Summerisle to investigate a young girl's disappearance, finding himself horrified by the locals' cheerful pagan fertility rituals, erotic bacchanals, and a sinister May Day festival overseen by Lord Summerisle. Robin Hardy and Anthony Shaffer's definitive folk horror summit starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee.
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