The music in this movie is amazing #Monsterdon

Oh shit it’s furries #Monsterdon

@ramsey The slight chance of beheading might be a little offputting though

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Alas, my blu-ray is getting scratchy right as we’re hitting the fun bits. #monsterdon

hail! god of the sea! #monsterdon

@ramsey I'm in!

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I kinda want to visit this island on May Day and join in their celebrations. It seems fun.

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if you like this, go check out Hot Fuzz

Where's the Flavor-aid #monsterdon #thewickerman1973

This film would make anyone hate the Scottish

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codpiece #monsterdon

Dude. You just read about this in the book. 🙄

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@jonny I can corroborate #monsterdon

Ok, disguised cop! now we are going to see some serious police action!
I wonder if we will have an horseback chase
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“Play the fool! That’s what you’re here for!”

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final cut just arriving at salmon of knowledge, as indicator of desynchronization #monsterdon

That's a very nice-looking dinghy, I approve #Monsterdon

hail the queen of the may!

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Behold, Saruman the purple. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Checklist from earlier Exposition:

* Dancing fool (insufficiently foolish)
* Six kilted swordsmen.
* The horse and rider
* Animals, various.

Yup, I think we’ve brought the whole gang to the henge.

What if all your friends get together and fuck with an awful cop for a few days?
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Captain Beefheart would have been right at home on this island.

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Fun run. About to get funner. #Monsterdon

@plaidtron3000 party city henge #monsterdon #thewickerman1973

That is a very tiny tub.
Oh they are all having fun trolling him now.
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ok so henges have other uses as well.

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goddammit spinal tap you're all I can see at a henge now

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"Sorry not sorry" #monsterdon

Oh, c'mon he is sleeping with the door open?
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well okay that livened up for a little bit at least

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#Monsterdon that's a helluva trust exercise.

I think I need a glass of whiskey too. #Monsterdon

A secret passage!
. . . ignored? You are a horrible cop.
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Some knock-off, dollar-store stonehenge, I see. #monsterdon #wickerman73

are they trying to pinch his cod-piece? #monsterdon

Those are not the catgirls the internet promised me! #monsterdon

an entire town united to troll the shit out of a cop, it's a wonderful thing
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wicked door knocker #monsterdon

Montage of this cop getting pranked by the whole town. Classic May Day shennanigans

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dang even some good old time heathenism can't make british religious celebrations anything less than a dirge

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#Monsterdon
(Searching a house)
"Hmm. Creepy secret basement. That's probably fine. No reason to look there."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq0ENLs0f1w

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#monsterdon This is a strange ritual.

On this watch, I'm noticing something. The way some of the women are nearly throwing themselves at King Cop here isn't just mere horniness or release from the sexual restraints of Christendom.

Knowing how this film ends, and what's really happening, what you find out is that the islanders are *giving him an out*.

If he's no longer a virgin, he's no longer a worthy sacrifice. Yet, he resists at each turn, as one would expect.

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This is clearly not a modern Pagan festival. Not a cape in sight. We do love a good cape.

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"Cut some capers, man! "

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Not sure the blazers work with the kilts. #Monsterdon

Is he sleeping in a coffin? Wait, not yet #Monsterdon

Aw yeah boys rub those swords together
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Lee's Cher impersonation needs work. #monsterdon #TheWickerMan

I only know what a Hand of Glory is from reading Charles Stross's Laundry Files novels. The UK occult secret service uses ones made from pigeons as a regular tool of their arsenal. #Monsterdon

If they only had Liam Lesson to cast as a cop at the time, this whole village would be fried!
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Christopher Lee is working this chartreuse and purple number! Werk

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@HotTubMemeMachine you are welcome to post your guesses here! #Monsterdon

@HotTubMemeMachine I dunno, watching the film's pretty fun too #monsterdon

@apLundell oooh yes good idea

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Incense for sleep? Who knew?
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#TheWickerMan #Monsterdon Were those the landlord's breakdancing pants?

@Lazarou These people are clearly pagans but not heathens, which is a Norse form of tribal focused religion. #monsterdon

You've got to hand it to her. That's a handy candle. #monsterdon #TheWickerMan

@ramsey That's just normal architecture over there. #monsterdon

This film would make a good point-and-click adventure game.

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The Salmon of Knowledge
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A pantomime Loch Ness monster stalks these streets.
This bit feels like it should be from the silliest Sherlock Holmes tale.
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There’s all those apples he couldn’t get for dessert #Monsterdon

“I guess I’ll just have to <do my actual job> myself!” #monsterdon

earliest recorded appearance of the yellow Wiggle
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#Monsterdon Willow's Song is hauntingly beautiful. #TheWickerMan

i like the old library lady judging the cop with her side eye

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So, he finds a secret, hidden passage in a home, and just ignores it?

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#Monsterdon thats how you can tell this is from the 20th century, imagine a cop going to the library to read when he doesn't understand a culture 😜

Ladies, gentlemen and gentlepeople, he resisted #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon John Barleycorn, because the Celts wanted to make ABSOLUTELY CLEAR what they wanted from their gods in exchange for the sacrifice.

@himbovoorhees That is actually awesome

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Be sure to stir the pitch, wouldn't want it to burn!

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#monsterdon I feel I'm watching some director's cut. There is a crazy woman dancing around here

Missing hand! Missing hand! #monsterdon #TheWickerMan

Oh, I had somehow completely forgotten the terrifying animal masks. #monsterdon

Animal masks are totally part of pagan practice today. They are of course common in shamanic practice where people impersonate a god to go on a spiritual journey.

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OH I figured it out: the cop sounds like Ewan McGregor. It's been bugging me all movie long

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The Salmon of Knowledge! And the Tilapia of Wry Wit #Monsterdon

Now, *I* wouldn't be lured into a dark alley by a man wearing a circus tent riding a wooden horse but then I'm just not into that. Now, this cop...#monsterdon

and that's as close as christopher lee had to get to fans for this film

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D’awww, cross-eyed owl. #Monsterdon

I want to move to this ACAB island #monsterdon

Ah, here come the locals in their animal masks, as one does in these parts.

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Where can I find that mustard-colored turtleneck?! I’ve just found my new wardrobe!

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That girl in the wardrobe was some A+++ fucking with a cop, well done. #monsterdon

Honestly, I'm just grateful the older dudes in animals masks aren't cocks out, way this has been going. #Monsterdon

@Zerofactorial He's engaged and says no sex before marriage, so....

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#monsterdon we carry death out of the city!

arggfffghh what metal album opens with that???

See also https://youtube.com/watch?v=xFWGrNR_mog

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There are some records of human sacrifice in the Celtic world. e.g. in the dindshenchas an Irish compilation from the 11th century mentions that first born of all kinds were offered in sacrifice. But no mention of wicker structures.
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@NovaCora
Sometimes lay people will read from the Bible during the service. #monsterdon

Cop gonna smash??? #monsterdon

I'm thinking the sergeant is himself a virgin, though not the most beloved... #monsterdon

the way he hit those dolls is basically how people react to my smut content :(

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I would have thought the whole "oh hey they make human sacrifices" thing would have been just the clue he needed to conclude that Rowan *is* dead and somebody hid her body

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What if Rowen Morrison had been hiding behind that curtain the whole time?

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okay, the girl in the wardrobe is this movie's hero. #monsterdon