Nicolas Cage Punches First And Asks Later

About this episode

The episode discusses the chaotic yet entertaining nature of The Wicker Man (2006) and its elements of suspense and horror.

A movie can be messy and still be fun, but The Wicker Man (2006) is a special kind of mess: it walks in dressed like a suspense mystery and leaves as a folk horror remake powered almost entirely by Nicolas Cage’s intensity. We’re Sean and Kylie, and we keep our Nicolas Cage movieverse marathon rolling with a film that has everything on paper a thriller should have: a missing child, a remote island, a secretive community, and a cop who thinks he can solve it alone. Then the decisions start sta...

People in this episode

Hosts: Sean, Kylie

Topics covered

• film analysis
• Nicolas Cage
• folk horror
• thriller
• suspense

Keywords

• Nicolas Cage
• The Wicker Man
• folk horror
• suspense mystery
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Wicker Man

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