The Last Sacrifice uncovers the real-life witchcraft killing that inspired The Wicker Man and birthed the folk horror genre. This unsettling true-crime interrogation unlocks the perverse cultural undercurrents that shaped the genre from its murderous beginnings to its modern-day resurrection. This is a journey that gets under the skin of British polite society, that slays with pride, kills with prejudice and exposes an island nation’s dark heart to reveal The Wicker Man is more fact than fiction.



The Last Sacrifice

1h 34m

Director: Rupert Russell
Cast: Geraldine Beskin, Gavin Bone, Janet Farrar


UK Release: See below



 
THE LAST SACRIFICE SCREENING DATES

 

October 24:      Dublin: The IFI (as part of HORRORTHON)
October 28:      London: The Nickel + Q&A with Rupert Russell
October 30:      Manchester: Home + Q&A with Rupert Russell
October 30:      Edinburgh: The Cameo
October 30:      Epsom Cinema
October 30:      London: Finsbury Park Cinema
October 30:      Liverpool: FACT
October 30:      Liverpool: The Plaza Community Cinema
October 31:      Lewes: Depot cinema + Q&A with Rupert Russell
November 1:     London: Picturehouse Central + Q&A with Rupert Russell
November 1:     Lancaster: The Dukes

 

Date TBC:         Cardiff Chapter Arts Center
 
 
The Last Sacrifice features a score composed by Mike Lindsay, co-founder and frontman of the British folktronica band Tunng, A limited edition release of the score on coloured vinyl will be available from October 28 via the Weird Walk Record Cult.