I feel that this film is like marmite, you either love it or hate it.
A very religious police officer gets called to a scottish island (Summer isle) to investigate the disappearance of a missing girl, an anonymous letter is sent to the police station from the Summer isle, and Neil Howie (police officer) is sent to investigate.
He carries around a photo of the girl, and shows it to everybody he can, even the missing girls mother, but they all deny her existence. The police officer notices the rather strange going ons on the island, and decides to talk to "Lord Summer isle" this results in him telling the police officer that they are practicing pagans Howie is deeply offended and accuses them of murdering the girl as part of a bizarre ritual, The police officer tries to leave and go back and report the bizarre things he has seen to the police constable, but he finds out his plane has been sabotaged, and this all along was a trap to get the policeman on the island, he is then tricked and burnt in a wicker man, because this means that the villagers have sacrificed a life, for a life for the crops.
I felt this film was rather strange, and at times I felt like there was some humour involved, when I don't think it was intended.
The film was hated by the film company when it was released but as the years have gone by it has gained a cult following, i think this is because of the way they have used religion, and because its a very strong subject and many people dont understand other religions, it gives an insight to how they live their lives, and how they think.
I believe this film fits into the genre of horror, although its a slightly different form of horror, as its not portrayed in the same way as most horror films, simply because the scary part is the way in which religion is used, so its rather different to most other horrors.
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