# The Wicker Man (1973)

> A devout police sergeant confronts a secretive Scottish island whose pagan fertility rituals turn a missing-child investigation into an unnerving crisis of faith.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/9862

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Horror
- Director: Robin Hardy
- Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, Roy Boyd, Lesley Mackie, Walter Carr
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: eerie, witty, foreboding, classic horror night, cult film night

## Synopsis

A detective's search for a missing girl leads him into a world of dark pagan rituals.

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- [Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/16012)
- [The Witch (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/192250)
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- [The City of the Dead (1960)](https://ember.film/movie/25266)
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- [Apostle (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/285046)

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