The landlord's beautiful daughter, Willow, tries to seduce Howie, but despite his inner turmoil, he refuses her advances. The photograph of the most recent celebration is missing the landlord tells him it was broken. While staying at the Green Man Inn, Howie notices a series of photographs celebrating the annual harvest, each featuring a young girl as the May Queen. The Islanders, including Rowan's own mother, appear to be trying to thwart his investigation by claiming that Rowan never existed. They copulate openly in the fields, include children as part of the May Day celebrations, teach children of the phallic association of the maypole, and place toads in their mouths to cure sore throats. Howie, a devout Christian, is disturbed to find the Islanders paying homage to the pagan Celtic gods of their ancestors. Police Sergeant Neil Howie journeys by seaplane to the remote Hebridean island Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl, Rowan Morrison, about whom he has received an anonymous letter.

7.6 Potential graphic novel and third film.

In 2011, a spiritual sequel directed by Hardy entitled The Wicker Tree, was released and featured Lee in a cameo appearance. In 2006, an ill-received American remake was released, from which Hardy and others involved with the original have dissociated themselves. Hardy had no interest in the project, and it was never produced. In 1989, Shaffer wrote a script treatment for The Loathsome Lambton Worm, a direct sequel with fantasy elements. theatrical version was digitally restored and released. 45 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments, and during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony the film was included as part of a sequence that celebrated British cinema. It also won the 1978 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, the burning Wicker Man scene was No. Film magazine Cinefantastique described it as 'The Citizen Kane of horror movies', and in 2004, Total Film magazine named The Wicker Man the sixth greatest British film of all time.

The Wicker Man is well-regarded by critics. Howie, a devout Christian, is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned Christianity and now practice a form of Celtic paganism. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner's 1967 novel Ritual, centres on the visit of Police Sergeant Neil Howie to the isolated island of Summerisle in search of a missing girl. The Wicker Man is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Christopher Lee.

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