When I saw this episode, I never even heard of the movie The Wicker Man. Now I've been studying the paranormal for over 35 years and there was one book that I came across called "Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain by Readers Digest."
I found that some of the images that were in that book also appeared in some of the scenes of The Wicker Man. Some examples of this include a photo of people inside a burning wooden statue, the scene in where the men carrying the swords assemble them in the shape of a pentagram with someone head in the center of it and the scene where the boys are dancing with ribbons attached to a may pole.
But Ironically enough, the book was published in January 1973 and the actual movie came out in November 1973, if Readers Digest had waited a year or so. The movie could've have been included in the book therefore giving the movie and the book more publicity, sadly Readers Digest missed a trick because of it.
All in all, thank you Moviedrome and Alex Cox, you guys are legends.
I found that some of the images that were in that book also appeared in some of the scenes of The Wicker Man. Some examples of this include a photo of people inside a burning wooden statue, the scene in where the men carrying the swords assemble them in the shape of a pentagram with someone head in the center of it and the scene where the boys are dancing with ribbons attached to a may pole.
But Ironically enough, the book was published in January 1973 and the actual movie came out in November 1973, if Readers Digest had waited a year or so. The movie could've have been included in the book therefore giving the movie and the book more publicity, sadly Readers Digest missed a trick because of it.
All in all, thank you Moviedrome and Alex Cox, you guys are legends.
