The Wicker Man is a remake of the 1973 version of The Wicker Man originally starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee.
The Wicker Man is a cult British film combining thriller, horror and musical. The new film differs from the original with Nicolas Cage playing officer “Edward Malus”, and even Lord Summerisle has been replaced with Sister Summerisle, played by Ellyn Burstyn. Also starring Kate Beahan and Leelee Sobieski.
The Wicker Man is inspired by legends that the druids burned human sacrifices in a giant effigy or cage of wicker. The legend is offered in Julius Caesar’s Gallic wars: “Others have effigies of great size interwoven with twigs, the limbs of which are filled up with living people which are set fire from below, and the people are deprived of life surrounded by flames. It is judged that the punishment of those who participated in theft or briganage or other crimes are more pleasing to the immortal gods; but when the supplies of this kind fail, they even go so low as to inflict punishment on the innnocent”
It has been aruged that there is no other evidence for this practice, neither artifactually nor written record.
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