To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the folk-horror classic, STUDIOCANAL is delighted to release a glorious new 4K restoration of THE WICKER MAN. All three versions of the film; The Final Cut, The Director’s Cut and The Theatrical Cut, have been painstakingly restored and will be released in an exclusive 5-disc Collector’s Edition as well […]Read More
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The horror film and religion go hand in hand – after all, aren’t both, at their foundation, about overcoming evil? In the new Blumhouse nerve-jangler THE VIGIL, which has been described as “The Conjuring with an Orthodox Jewish twist”, religion is the crux of the plot: set over the course of a long, dark night […]Read More
Packed with disturbing tales of folklore and haunting rural landscapes, ‘folk horror’ is one of horror’s most curious sub-genres. It is often associated with British horror of the 1960s and 1970s.Read More
Throughout March on Horror Channel, Friday and Saturday nights will fall prey to wicked witches, scheming serial killers and mysterious monsters as the UK’s number one genre channel presents ten prime-time premieres, including the first UK showing of THIRST, Greg Keifer’s blood-sucking alien thriller. There are also network premieres of Michael Winner’s theological horror THE […]Read More
Our Wicker Man obsessive Rowan Morrison was lucky enough to speak to Robin Hardy, director of 1973 classic The Wicker Man. Here he tells her about the Final Cut, the Nic Cage remake, his plans for a third film in the trilogy, and The Wicker Man’s enduring appeal. Love Horror: How close is the final […]Read More
The Wicker Man: The Final Cut 40th Anniversary Editon Review
Earlier this year Canalplus announced a campaign to find and restore the missing original cut of the 1973 British horror classic The Wicker Man, to commemorate its 40th anniversary. After an extensive search, Canalplus managed to get hold of a 92 minute 35mm print languishing in the Harvard Film Archive.Read More