{"id":4558,"date":"2023-10-22T18:26:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/?p=4558"},"modified":"2023-10-22T18:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:31:22","slug":"oct-22nd-the-wicker-man-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/?p=4558","title":{"rendered":"Oct. 22nd: The Wicker Man (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Wicker Man (1973)<\/div>
Directed by Robin Hardy<\/div>
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Some movies get remade and are totally overshadowed by said remake.\u00a0 The Wicker Man is a prime example of this.\u00a0 The Nic Cage remake is so bad that it gets way more recognition than the original.\u00a0 Which is truly a shame because the 1973 version is amazingly creepy and well acted.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Wicker Man follows a detective going to a island based comune of what is basically a cult. The detective is searching for a missing girl. Of course the weirdos that live there act like they\u2019ve never heard of the girl, despite the detective finding undeniable proof that she did live there. There are many twists and turns in the case which leads up to the detective trying to leave and bring in backup, but suddenly his plane will not start. He goes renegade and tries to stop everyone on the island from continuing their barbaric ritual of sacrifice for a bountiful harvest. Only to find the sacrifice isn\u2019t what he initially imagined. I will not ruin the ending because it is truly great.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The acting is TOP NOTCH. Edward Woodward (above) plays the detective and he\u2019s awesome. He is very authoritative and pious in his beliefs. So pious that Willow, played by the stunning Britt Ekland (pictured left) basically throws herself at him and he restrains himself. I can\u2019t talk enough about how beautiful Britt Ekland is, stunningly gorgeous. His slow dive into being frantic is great. Playing opposite of him is the legend Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle the leader of the cult. He is charming and intimidating much like his portrayal of Dracula was many times before.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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This movie is a slow burn, if you do not have patience to wait for it, then you won\u2019t like it. It is a brisk 88 minutes long at least and there is enough going on to keep you interested. This movie deserves so much more attention! The Nic Cage movie is so bad and bizarre that any time you hear \u201cThe Wicker Man\u201d you get the image of bees and Cage waffling women in the face with right crosses. I can\u2019t speakly highly enough of this movie and please watch this before the remake because the ending is very similar. I give this an A.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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