FOLK Pt 3: The Wicker Man (1973)
The Evolution of Horror
Mike Muncer
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2018
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
"OH GOD! OH JESUS CHRIST!"
This week Mike is joined by film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh to discuss her favourite film and the most iconic folk horror of all time, The Wicker Man. Warning: this discussion may contain some bad singing and dodgy Scottish accents.
Music by Jack Whitney.
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| 0:00.0 | The 1973. Sergeant Howie lands on an island just off the coast of Scotland to investigate the whereabouts |
| 0:26.8 | of a little girl who's gone missing. |
| 0:28.8 | Her name is Rowan Morrison. |
| 0:30.8 | But when he lands on this island there's something strange in the air. Why is it that nobody seems to know of this missing girl? |
| 0:38.0 | Why do all the churches seem defaced and vandalized? Why are there strange naked rituals going on outside at night? |
| 0:46.8 | And what's really about to happen |
| 0:49.2 | on the impending May Day celebration. |
| 1:04.4 | Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of folk horror and we explore the weird and wonderful world of Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man. |
| 1:09.6 | Oh God! I'm Jesus Christ! |
| 1:15.0 | Welcome back to the evolution of horror. |
| 1:17.0 | My name is Mike and, as ever, I am your host. |
| 1:20.0 | If you're joining us for the first time, then welcome in this podcast we explore and |
| 1:23.8 | dissect the evolution of the horror genre by looking at particular sub-genres across a number of |
| 1:28.4 | weeks. We are currently in the midst of exploring the evolution of folk horror and this is part three in which we are going to of masterpiece The Wickerman. Now we will be talking about the Wickerman in all its spoilery glory, so please do. |
| 1:47.0 | If you haven't seen it, go away and watch the Wickerman first. |
| 1:50.0 | It's really incredible. |
| 1:51.0 | I'm of course not talking about that terrible Nicholas Cage |
| 1:53.6 | remake. I'm talking about the original. Go away, watch it, enjoy it, embrace it, and |
| 1:59.1 | then come back and listen to our discussion. I Can't wait to get started. |
| 2:03.0 | Before I introduce my guest, |
| 2:05.0 | here are a few contact details. |
| 2:06.0 | You can email us. |
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