The year 2021 marked the 50-year anniversary since principal filming began on the seminal movie, The Wicker Man, a celluloid picture that would go on to help define a genre known as folk horror. Actor and screenwriter Mark Gatiss popularized this genre that often incorporated themes of worship, seclusion, the influence of the environment, and the hidden immorality of agricultural settings. The film stars Sir Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle, the fictional ruler of a Scottish island that is visited by Sergeant Howie, portrayed by Edward Woodward who is searching…
