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Originally Posted by Severian
Ok. I don't want to get involved at all in this argument and I'm not choosing sides in any way — been working for 12 hours, no time to read the whole exchange — but I have to say this little nugget right here is extremely important, as far as I'm concerned.
Yeah, Wicker Man prime is cheap, yeah it's corny in parts, yeah the acting is not great. But it does curl my nails. I haven't seen it in years, but it really fucked with me when I did see it. I'm genuinely not sure if it's considered a b-classic or just a b-movie in the states, but in the UK it's a cult flick, with good reason. There was some deeply unsettling shit in that film that left a lasting mark on me. That's the difference between it and other b-horror flicks.
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It's one of my all time faves. I never really think of it as a B Movie though. It's a bit like Jacobs Ladder, or Duel, or Eraserhead: one of those films that just seems to come out of nowhere, that you don't know where to put or what to compare it with. Absolutely disturbed me the first time I saw it. I still watch it regularly and the last scene still fucks me up.
Forget about the Nic Cage remake, has anyone seen the recent sequel, The Wicker Tree? Now that's awful!
Edit: and Mark Kermode's a cunt