#and even love witch borrows a few tricks in staging; and the half-ironic sense of humor
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oh, every other horror comedy I've seen can step aside, they have nothing on 1973's The Wicker Man
#midsommer is directly in conversation with this movie; I had no idea#and even love witch borrows a few tricks in staging; and the half-ironic sense of humor#I could see the bones of scarfolk too; probably other british folk horror#but interesting twists - the deliberate artificiality of the rituals! the roving greek chorus of the town! the matter-of-fact sexuality!#(I did love the not-actually-sex sex scene. that worked marvelously for me;#so did the mum who greeted all of howe's questioning with placid cheerfulness; cutting into cakes#shaped like ritual sacrifices and denying that she knows anything about her own daughter)#it's just a very funny movie! except for the moment when howe and summerisle face off on the cliff face#and howe screams about how summerisle will be next. that is the one sincere moment in the whole thing#and it rings out like a struck bell. it does.#a proscenium for our dreams
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