Do you prefer the Witchfinder General or the Wicker Man?

True both films are very similar, both made on location, both had low budgets, both had a turbulant production, both utilised the leading horror stars of the day in leading roles and so and so forth..
Much has been written and said about "The Wicker Man" over the past few years, "Citizen kane of horror films", "Greatest British cult movie ever made"
or a "masterpiece".....in all honesty its none of these.
The problem with TWM is not the superb Anthony Shaffer screenplay or the fine performances from its 2 leading stars Woodward and Lee... its the direction.
Robin Hardy milks all the tension almost entirely from the first two thirds of the film, without the ending TWM would be a forgotten piece of early 70's pap as nothing happens for the first 85 minutes of the film, absolutely no tension or mounting sense of dread, just a lot of babble about paganism vs christianity with a bit of nudity thrown in for good measure just to keep us mildy entertained before the stunning climax.
I love old British horror films of this period, but am constantly dumfounded by the reverance in which TWM is held. Shaffer himself has said he would never have let Hardy near another one of his scripts again and the proof that Hardy shouldn't have been allowed to direct traffic is in his "Wicker Tree" abomination. Yes the film is totally original but thats down to Shaffer, but a masterpiece it certainly ain't!
Witchfinder General is superb, the sweeping landscapes the score, the feeling of dread and impending doom throughout and Price at his grandest but most serious, thank god Donald Pleasence wasn't cast it just wouldn't have worked on the same scale. Michael Reeves is a tragic loss makes one wonder what he could done with The Wicker Man?