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FIlms like this

posted 9 years ago by conagh
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Any suggestions for films that are similar to this? Wicker Man has a great, eerie, unique atmosphere and I'm wondering if there's anything comparable out there?

[–] The_White_Hotel 9 years ago

Night of the Demon
City of the Dead (aka Horror Hotel)
Blood on Satan's Claw
The Haunted Palace
The Haunting
The Uninvited
The Changeling (1980 not the Clint Eastwood film)

Lots of Hammer films, particularly:
The Plague of the Zombies
The Reptile
The Gorgon
The Witches
Brides of Dracula
Frankenstein Created Woman

There's an old BBC TV play called Robin Redbreast that I saw recently that has an understated atmosphere of menace and references to paganistic beliefs that I thought was very effective. Also the BBC Ghost stories for Christmas broadcast in the 70s (along with a few modern ones) are good for this too. Also The Secret of Crickley Hall, a TV ghost story miniseries, and The Orphanage, another Ghost Story.

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[–] gargarie 9 years ago

none of those films are anything like the wicker man... some of them are good, but they're just a bunch of horror films. wicker man is unique.

[–] The_White_Hotel 9 years ago

Wicker Man has a great, eerie, unique atmosphere and I'm wondering if there's anything comparable out there?

none of those films are anything like the wicker man

Exactly like it? Maybe not, but that wasn't the question I was answering. I was looking for movies with a comparable feel, isolated rural outposts as in the reptile, weird cults like in Satan's Claw and the witches, and generally eerie and menace building atmospheres, like City of the Dead, The Changeling and The Orphanage. The Wicker Man is also possibly the most Hammer-like film that wasn't made by Hammer.

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[–] brianwhite5 8 years ago

Yer I agree the 1950's 'Night of The Demon' is similar but in my eyes a superior film.

[–] gargarie 9 years ago

i think there is nothing else quite like it, unfortunately.

[–] metalion_sos 9 years ago

The Witches (1966) has a few similarities:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060307/combined

[–] ElectricWarlock 9 years ago

Race With the Devil

[–] hallogallo 9 years ago

Beaten to it but I'll re-iterate a trio of recommendations:

01) Robin Redbreast (1970's BBC production)
02) The Witches (the Hammer movie of that title)
03) Blood On Satan's Claw

And maybe another 70's BBC play entitled "Penda's Fen"

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[–] alloneword950-948-598356 9 years ago

Kill List. Without giving away spoilers if you've not seen it, definitely felt like there were parallels between both films.

[–] digger3991 9 years ago

Kill List has certain similarities, as does Wheatley's other films; it's obvious Wicker Man is a massive influence. I always thought Straw Dogs and Don't Look Now were good companion pieces, both made at a similar time and both similar in 'feel'..

[–] Mr_K_Pratt 9 years ago

Witchfinder General (1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98gzk6VSzfU

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