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

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

I would of preferred to be in the truck, then i could have missed the car and got cage maybe

[macleod]

Hahaha....yeah, but it'd be better to destroy the whole Island, and kill the infestation at its source

[SmilinJackRoss]

Ok, maybe this was answered earlier....but uh...why exactly did that whole....car crash happen at the beginning? I mean, it set him into his drug poppin' depression, but what other purpose was there? I'm serious....maybe I missed it between all the riffing...but it never seemed explained to me.

My assumption (and that's all it is, since it's never really explained) was that they used that car crash event to get him taking "medication".  they then had someone switch out his perscription with their "drugs", whatever they were, the kind that give him hallucinations, etc.  I don't know why they were drugging him, maybe so that he would "see" the little girl in his hallucinations and think that he was on the right track the whole time.  What I don't get is why they went through any of this at all.  The only "stipulation" was that he show up at the sacrificial spot "by his own free will". They could have done that very easily in a less contrived way.

Really though, this movie will never be "figured out".  I'm starting to respect this movie.  The complexities of it's crappiness are brilliant.

[BobEvil]

wow, that's a first. I never thought in the history of mankind would I see "The Wicker Man" (or in this case "this movie") and the word "respect" in the same sentence. Perhaps maybe "I respect this movie's ability to make me question why I, a person who is in no way self-hating, would inflict such painful horrors upon myself" or perhaps "I respect this movie's ability to make me lose faith in humanity's will to do good in this world."

[macleod]

Really though, this movie will never be "figured out".  I'm starting to respect this movie.  The complexities of it's crappiness are brilliant.

Quick....this man needs a doctor!

Hang in there Jack, it'll be ok, it'll be ok......we'll get you some quality films and some popcorn, and it'll be ok

[SmilinJackRoss]

Yeah, I'm just kind of shivering in the corner.  This movie has not only made me question my own existence, but I'm not sure I'll be able to continue on in my current life.  I might have to go live in the moutains as a monk or something.

[macleod]

...Or you could join some bizarre feminist cult on an island somewhere in Washington.....