The Wicker Man, from 1973, was directed by Robin Hardy. The influential horror movie The Wicker Man came out Dec. 6, 1973. It eventually inspired an entire subgenre known as "folk horror," including ...

The 1970s were an inventive era for horror. It marks a time period when filmmakers were shifting from creature features and projects centered around classic monsters to more psychological and socially ...

Fifty years ago this week, the film The Wicker Man was test-screened to the public for the first time. Shot in haste on a small budget, its production badly beset by weather and studio politics, and ...

1973's The Wicker Man, based on David Pinner's 1967 novel Ritual, is not an easy film to pigeonhole into a specific genre. At times, it's a crime thriller, a musical, a cerebral statement on religion ...