Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) travels to a small island town run by Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee) to answer a poor mother's (Irene Sunters) cry for help to find her lost daughter (Geraldine Cowper). But almost as soon as he arrives, he notices the towns people (Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Lindsay Kemp and more) and the town in total are way out of the usual.
Okay, written on paper, this movie should be boring, and stupid. Naked people dance in the streets, men dress as women, and more wackiness! So how does it work so well? Anthony Shaffer (One of my all time favorite writers) just makes it work, with help of course from the wonderful actors and director.
Although not mentioned on the IMDb genre list, I consider this movie to be partly... well, a musical. People randomly break out into song, usually in a sexual nature (sex and religion are the themes of this strange little masterpiece) but the music fits the movie perfectly.
So for a neat little drama/thriller/horror/musical thats VERY well done, plop down and plop in The Wicker Man!
Okay, written on paper, this movie should be boring, and stupid. Naked people dance in the streets, men dress as women, and more wackiness! So how does it work so well? Anthony Shaffer (One of my all time favorite writers) just makes it work, with help of course from the wonderful actors and director.
Although not mentioned on the IMDb genre list, I consider this movie to be partly... well, a musical. People randomly break out into song, usually in a sexual nature (sex and religion are the themes of this strange little masterpiece) but the music fits the movie perfectly.
So for a neat little drama/thriller/horror/musical thats VERY well done, plop down and plop in The Wicker Man!