If you loved The Wicker Man, try The Wicker Tree

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Wicker Tree has roughly 26.6× fewer votes than The Wicker Man — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Wicker Man

1973 · dir. Robin Hardy

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The Wicker Tree

2011 · dir. Robin Hardy

What they share

Both films are directed by Robin Hardy, and they both carry the dread, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Wicker Man, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

dreadslow burn

What The Wicker Tree is

Scotland. Autumn. Church bells. Two young evangelicals arrive from Texas, bibles in hand. Eagerly welcomed by a local laird, they soon discover the village's saccharine smiles hide pagan practices. Robin Hardy revisited familiar territory decades later.

If you loved The Wicker Man, try The Wicker Tree

The Wicker Man

The Wicker Tree

What they share

What The Wicker Tree is

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