Is "Wicker Man" REALLY Horror? **Spoilers**

[Laziest Man on Mars]

I've only seen the original, and the final scene is one of the lamest attempts at terror I've ever seen.  Our main character is trapped inside what is basically a flaming wicker hamper, and dies.  Now, I think an 80 year old woman with the flu would be able to break out of a cage constructed of of crappy patio furniture.  The guy doesn't even try.  It reminds me of "Bent Foliage State Prison" from Quest of the Delta Knights. "Thanks for not breaking the sticks!"

Edited by torgosPizza to calm the seething masses.

[ScottotD]

The original is amazing.  Don't blame the movie because you didn't get it. 

[Variety of Cells]

Mind using a spoiler on there?  You may not have liked the ending, but I'm with scott, I think it's a great film, and you kinda just ruined it for people who haven't seen it yet.

He didn't really try and break out of the Wicker, because where would he go?  He was surrounded on an Island of people who hated him.  And he deserved it, in my opinion. 

[Bob]

The real horror was Christopher Lee singing and playing the piano.

[Grillslinger]

A great movie....very bizaare. The ending really horrified me...in a good way. 

[Laziest Man on Mars]

Boy you guys sure are a lot of fun around here. 

[Bob]

I didnt care for the movie at all either.

I guess that is the great thing about boards with a diverse opinion on movies.   

[ScottotD]

Boy you guys sure are a lot of fun around here. 

because we didn't agree with you?

[BEERxTaco]

He's a new guy, give him a break... sometimes I think we come off a little harsh because so many of us talk to each other all the time, and we're used to each other.

[Bob]

He's a new guy, give him a break... sometimes I think we come off a little harsh because so many of us talk to each other all the time, and we're used to each other.

Oh yeah, shaddup!   

[Variety of Cells]

Sorry, nothing personal.  But I still feel a spoiler tag would be appropriate.  His being new doesn't change the fact that his post ruins the end of the film.

[Laziest Man on Mars]

Yes... I ruined the end of a 34 year old movie.

Here's a few more spoilers...

"Rosebud" was his bike.

Jack Nicholson and the Chief start a kickball league.

Cewbacca's his father.

The ship flies through the air at the end.

Frodo pawns the ring.

The guy from "Stargate" that plays a woman turns out to be the guy from "Enemy Mine"

It's not like I ruined the end of The Departed (which is, by the way, everyone goes out for ice cream and candy at the end... sorry).

And by "You guys sure are a lot of fun" I meant I just make a silly post about a movie, and immediately get my balls broken for "not getting" a movie I didn't like.  Then I'm accused of spoiling a movie that's been out for almost 40 years.  Sheesh.

[Bob]

Jack Nicholson and the Chief start a kickball league.

What?!   Damn you sir, damn you to hell.   At least the hell that has nothing but Uwe Boll movies playing on all the cineplexes.

[Variety of Cells]

It's old, but no one's heard of it, and not many people have seen it.  How the movie ends isn't obvious either, and is important to the film.  And you make no attempt to warn people that it might be ruined for them.  It's not their fault that they didn't see the film yet.  Just because a movie is old does not mean a person has watched it.  No one's breaking your balls.  One person disagreed with you, and I politely asked you to put it in a spoiler tag. 

There are people who agreed with you, and there are people who disagreed with you.  You made a harsh post about a cult classic.  What did you expect?  I'm not saying you shouldn't have made the post, but when stating your opinion there's always going to be some one who disagrees with you.  You also put the title of the thread in the form of a question, inviting people to voice their own opinions.  And that's what happened.

EDIT:  I didn't notice the spoiler warning you put in the title.  Good enough for me.  Thanks.

[MarkAndrew]

I've only seen the original, and the final scene is one of the lamest attempts at terror I've ever seen.  Our main character is trapped inside what is basically a flaming wicker hamper, and dies.  Now, I think an 80 year old woman with the flu would be able to break out of a cage constructed of of crappy patio furniture.  The guy doesn't even try.  It reminds me of "Bent Foliage State Prison" from Quest of the Delta Knights.  "Thanks for not breaking the sticks!"

What the heck, I'll take question seriously and see how it goes...
yes, the original Wicker Man is horror.
Spoilers follow:
  To begin with, the main character is a policeman investigating the disappearance of a young girl.  You don't normally expect policemen to get killed, especially not in British films.  I think the definition of horror is 'everything is NOT going to be all right', making it the polar opposite of romantic comedies.  The whole film has a feeling of things not being quite right.  The policeman and his mission and his view of how society and 'decent people' should behave is constantly subverted.  The policeman is mocked and deceived and finally entrapped and killed.
  The fact that he DOESN'T break free and beat the bad guys and so forth is what makes it horror.  An innocent man, a deacon in his church, a defender of the innocent is sacrificed, burned alive by a pagan cult in a futile attempt to restore fertility to the island (my opinion...the film doesn't address it).
  It's lacking chainsaws and torture porn but, yeah, it's horror through and through.

The remake is a comedy...of the best kind, unintentional.