It wouldn’t be May on the repertory film scene without a screening of (arguably) cinema’s most iconic pagan horror film. Luckily, The Wicker Man blazes again on May 18 at Clinton Street Theater as ...

The influential horror movie The Wicker Man came out Dec. 6, 1973. It eventually inspired an entire subgenre known as "folk horror," including films such as 2019's acclaimed Midsommer. But when it was ...

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 ...

The Wicker Man (1973) is a British folk-horror film. Directed by Robin Hardy, the film’s storyline is about a Sergeant’s efforts to assess the disappearance of a young girl on a remote but eerie ...

Who was it that said cult movies are never quite as good as their fans believe them to be? While it wasn’t Danny Peary, the film scholar and sports journalist, his “Cult Movies,” a three-volume set of ...

It’s been a great year for home video collectors, especially horror fans. Wes Craven’s forgotten superhero flick, Swamp Thing, and Hulu’s acclaimed sci-fi horror, Prey, both secured physical releases ...

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 ...