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The Wicker Man (2006)

★ 4.4 · 1,410 ratings on TMDB

Some sacrifices must be made

The Wicker Man poster★ 4.4

A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.

DirectorNeil LaBute
CastChrista Campbell, Diane Delano, Ellen Burstyn, Erika-Shaye Gair, Frances Conroy, Kate Beahan
GenresHorror, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

The Wicker Man keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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