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The Wicker Man
Why this pick
Its isolated British community, pagan unease, and steadily tightening investigation echo the rural menace and unsettling folk-belief atmosphere of The Blood on Satan's Claw.
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MOVIE1971 1h 33m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In early-17th-century England, Ralph Gower (Barry Andrews (actor)) uncovers a deformed skull with one eye and strange fur on it while ploughing a field. Ralph insists that local judge (Patrick Wymark) look at it, but the skull has vanished and the judge disregards Ralph's supernatural fears. Later, many people in the village become affected by its supernatural power, including a young woman (Tamara Ustinov) who sprouts a claw, and children who find a strange claw and then behave oddly and grow patches of fur on their bodies.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Linda Hayden
Angel Blake
Barry Andrews
Ralph Gower
Michele Dotrice
Margaret
Anthony Ainley
Reverend Fallowfield
Wendy Padbury
Cathy Vespers
Avice Landone
Isobel Banham
Patrick Wymark
The Judge
James Hayter
Squire Middleton