Interesting, especially if you've read the book. But even here, the song lyrics is describing Willow as a "slot" ... in front of herself ... and her father. In the book they openly grope every part of her and the father is enjoying the scene. Being against that makes Howie a stuffed shirt?
There's a brilliant shot at 2:03 where Howie is looking at the degeneracy before him and in the background, the landlord is out of focus looking straight at him from a side stare, keeping tabs on him, dutifully playing his role well, his eyes widen for a second after taking a drag of a cigarette and before he looks down, making him quite unnerving with being out of focus yet always aware. Little things like this make the film such a classic.
That violin player is my favorite character in the movie. Whenever there's a party, he's ALWAYS there. He has such an elegant swagger, even though I don't think he has any dialog. He's like the rock star of Summerisle, you just KNOW the women there were throwing themselves at him!
I always appreciated that the musicians are very much part of the community and on-screen a lot of the time. It helps make the whole thing feel more realistic and folksy. And yeah, when he's part of the crew sitting around singing "Gently Johnny", you know full well he's sleeping with at least one of the girls in the band tonight.
1:14 Her smile though, at the lyrics "We sing of someone who we all adore".....oh my lord. Creepy yet lovely as it's hinted that pretty much every man who sings about her has had a taste of her in some way shape and form.
I love the dutch angles in this scene that makes it feel like you're watching them sing while drunk. Their bawdy song compared to the rigidly uptight Sgt. Howie is such a great dichotomy.
2:04 if you pay attention the pub owner is watching him and his reactions. This entire musical number is a test to see if our cop is the real deal or not when it comes to his beliefs.
If you want to see a prime example of the emotive power of camera angles and shots, just look at this scene. When the song starts, it's the camera placement that drives home that this scene is unnerving, not comedic. It's brilliant! Also the irony here is that if he HAD slept with the woman, he'd have been safe 😂
They wouldn't have sacrificed him anyway. They needed a VIRGIN in order for the ritual to work. If you've seen Jennifer's Body, mistakenly sacrificing a non virgin can have grave consequences in witchcraft.
Everybody is singing and dancing and having a good time. The song sounds like a typical jovial drinking song. In any other movie, that would seem like fun. How does this movie make it seem so creepy and menacing? The low camera angles? Howie's clear discomfort? The fact that the landlord's daughter seems amused even though the song seems to insult her, implying this island has a really weird value system? Honestly I'm not sure. This movie is like a magic trick I can't figure out.
@@Losrandir What is more un-nerving is that while this is a "musical", most musical numbers in traditional musicals take place in sort of a suspended reality where the audience and the actors are aware that the action is stopping, and they're singing song. Whereas, in this movie, the music takes place in real life. Sgt. Howie is walking into this bar, where the whole place goes silent when he walks in, and then they all break into a creepy sea shanty about the "landlords daughter", as everybody laughs about how loose she is. It's really creepy, then you think about how these adults probably grew up there...
It's to do with the persona -- the mask people wear for the benefit of society. An inadequate or inappropriate mask that's not up to the task is the basis of both humor and horror. In this case, the jovial personas are in contrast with the implication that everyone in town has effed the landlord's daughter. Also, many of them are just ineffective -- they're aiming for jovial but coming off as grotesque.
What gets me is the gleeful atmosphere among the locals, singing, dancing, laughing, while knowing full well that they're going to burn a man to death in a few days time.
@@mikeblade3095 Thanks For Reply Mike ! The Days Before Social Distancing Indeed . Still Laughing At Your Extremely Hilarious Comment , Keep It Up My Friend ! Best Wishes Always .
this is actually one of the only horror films ive seen thats left a lasting impression. lots of memorable scenes especially willows song, the phalus education, and the iconic no bs ending main guy just dies and no happy resolution. some horror flicks (dunno if this even belongs to the standard characteristics of horror as its more like a thriller idk its so subtle yet nevertheless scary and capable of making your heart pound) rely on the supernatural, some rely on gore, some rely on the perfect storm of scenarios, but this film relies on atmosphere it felt as if youre the protag also being controlled by the film as him being manipulated and just tossed around by the cult.
I don't think anything prepared me for the moment the girl ran straight to the Lordship and said "Did I do it right?" There, out looking the waters that fell down to rocks, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide... I remained curious and somewhat unsettled by the strange manner which the Pagan's spoke, but that slowly built up until the climax when he departed this world in a ball of flames screaming "Damn you!" I just felt.. disturbed. Wicker man is great
RIP Lindsay Kemp. He scared the shite out of me as the pub landlord. Sadly, I think Britt is the only member of the main cast still alive, apart from dear little Rowan.
That would be the great Scotttish actor Russell Waters. His most prolific period was the 50s - 60s, having appeared in over 80 British films, usually playing small parts as here. He is seen here in the twilight of his acting career, in fact this was his penultimate film, only appearing in 'Black Jack' (1979) after this. He died in 1982.
Lindsay Kemp was an interesting chap. He was primarily a dancer, and also did choreography. He was a very talented mime artist. He also had an affair, and subsequent close friendship with David Bowie, who credits him with being instrumental in his artistic development.
I recall long ago Paw Dugan saying in his review of this film that he and his friends were determined to lead a sing along of this song in a pub someday. I do love how the actual landlord's daughter is totally going along with the song, to outward appearances used to the sort of bawdy behavior, but later shown that the song's description of her is completely accurate.
This whole movie was just , , , , well dare I say strangely magical. Truth is I don't know how to explain other than if you haven't watched, you need to this was something special
The most frightening aspect of this movie is the portrayal of unswerving dedication from a group of people to a ritual involving horrific human sacrifice intended to "appease the gods" for the specific purpose of producing a "bumper" harvest. A qualified horticulturist could easily have supplied much of the information needed in growing healthy crops ultimately preventing the ritualistic burning to death of live innocent people.
Its not really about the crop. Its about the inability to coexist with a different belief system. If the crop had been fine they'd still find some other reason to burn. Because at its base their religion doesn't tolerate nonconformity. The crop is an excuse.
I think this scene is perfect to describe why the Wicker Man is so scary. It's a movie that, since its beginning, keeps taking element of our daily life and suddenly turn them upside down, but keeps going as if it is all normal, generating a sense of unease to the viewer. Take this scene: we see a cheerful kind of sea shanty sung by some men at a pub, a song dedicated to the landlord's daughter, which immediately assumes a quite dirty and taunting meaning, even sexualizing the girl. Men and older people laughs and jokes and stares at her with desire at the same time, the cheerful song immediately assumes a pervy tinge. And yet, the young woman laughs, smiles, even goes along with their song and their odd dance. Her father just watches, smiles and giggles. This contrast puts you so off and, even if you're laughing at the scene, you can't make any sense of what you're watching because the normal cause-and-effect reactions aren't occurring and yet the movie keeps going, getting worse and worse. Man, how much I love this movie.
Funny story from behind the scenes, they were supposed to be drinking cold tea during this scene to appear as beer, but some of the cast were sick of it, so they got some real beer and the production was NOT impressed.
@@melgrant7404 What, do you like big sagging tits, or huge fake ones? By no logical measure were her tits small, and they were gloriously shaped. You tripe fool
I forget, would the community have spared the sergeant as their innocent sacrifice if he had given into his lust for Willow? The townsfolk almost seem like they're pushing him towards "getting it on" with her.
@@jimmorrish6771 Its not a test on his purity, they are 'letting him know', she is 'sexually available'. Had he given in to her, he would not be the willing fool. (fool being 'innocent' or unknowing).
One of the requirements of the sacrificial victim is that he/she must be a virgin - they are putting this to the test. I am being wise after the event here, because it's a point that you might not notice watching the film, given that this scene is near the beginning and the bit about the sacrifice being a virgin is near the end.
I don't think they would sacrifice him. In a way, they gave him every opportunity to make himself a poor sacrifice but much to their joy he passed all their tests with flying colors
Funny how so many people find this film …. “scary” ? As a kid who spent every summer in Cornwall in the 70s, this film is beautifully nostalgic for me. This scene could’ve been a 70s Saturday night in The Cobweb in Boscastle ❤
I have a similar scenario like this. You go to a bar and everyone is having a good time, singing dancing, free drinks. Your sitting in a stool where the bartender is and humming the music they are playing. After you finish your shot, you ask for another, you accidentally drop your glass and the music stops. You look in the mirror and what do you see, puppets, looking at you.
never noticed before (which is odd as i must have seen this 500 times) - the cash register has '3d' popped up .......this was 2-3 years after decimalization - does it imply drinks are not actually paid for, or Summer isle still uses LSD currency ???
They would have moved over to decimalization, but chances are the proprietor never bothered to change the cash register. He would have worked the prices out in his head and kept the books using the new system.
Britt Ekland was very beautiful... For me one of the highlights of the movie as well as Christopher Lee and the ending. No way Nicolas Cage could beat this.
I love the old horror films. Today it's dizzy backpackers been tortured and just a gore fest without a proper story line. In this scene there is no violence, just people enjoying a saturday night, yet it's just that there is so many creepy facets to this scene. There's all kinds of hints about the behaviour of the island about sex abuse and gratification. It's totally normal behaviour to these people
Much has been said of the strumpets of yore Of wenches and bawdy house queens by the score But I sing of a baggage that we all adore The Landlord's Daughter You'll never love another Although she's not the kind of girl to take home To your mother Her ale it is lively and strong to the taste It is brewed with discretion and never with haste You can have all you like if you swear not to waste The Landlord's Daughter And when her name is mentioned The parts of every gentleman do stand up At attention O, nothing can delight so As does the part that lies between her left toe And her right toe
@@florinivan6907 I was thinking the same exact thing probably wouldn't be what they need anymore so they would probably have to let him go and it was his own ignorance that was his demise
@@dskcgaming2109 Problem is they still need to sacrifice someone so its a toss up here. Of course these days even an open minded non prudish individual might be suspicious especially with so many movies about sinister cults in rural areas.
Production Companies: Warner Bros. (current owner) Turner Entertainment (current owner) Semetoll-Imkerss Distributed Pictures (Distributor) Semetoll-Imkerss Production Studios (Presentation) Peter Snell Productions (production)
Much has been said of the strumpets of yore Of wenches and bawdy house queens by the score But I sing of the baggage that we all adore, The Landlord's Daughter You'll never love another Although she's not the kind of girl To take home to your mother The Landlord's Daughter Her ale it is lively and strong to the taste It is brewed with discretion and never with haste You can have all you like If you swear not to waste The Landlord's Daughter And, when her name is mentioned The parts of every gentleman Do stand up at attention The Landlord's Daughter Oh, nothing can delight so As does the part that lies between Her left toe And her right toe The Landlord's Daughter
Paul Giovanni I think wrote this one as an original for this soundtrack. The whole film mixes folk tunes, music from centuries ago, Robert Burns poems, and his original works. And Giovanni demonstrably really knew his stuff when it came to this style of music: For example, "Tinker of Rye" is an original song, but fits perfectly in the style in no small part because in British folk music, tinkers (as men who are likely to be in town while the other men are in the fields working) typically had the same role as pizza delivery guys and plumbers in modern adult films.
I'm not sure either how I'd respond to that....... The first time I saw this movie, I had this lingering feeling that this was a place that had few secrets....like wife swapping was the norm here in the name of "fertillity"....well, it was the 70's right after the pill, haha.
Robin Hardy the director told the cast (and crew I think) it was a musical. In a way it is, and in a way it isn't. It's the most off-beat and eccentric, but amazing British film.
I'm not talking about the body double scene, I mean here at 2:22. I read an interview with her saying she didn't like her butt and tried not to show it off in other movies also. I think she worried for nothing....
She was pregnant at the time hence the double. They did well to disguise it with the clothes they gave her but I still think her first trimester bump is visible.
I can't help it. This scene cracks me up every time. The locals are being all gross and sleazy and Howie is such a stuffed shirt. I love it.
I loved that in the movie : it puts old world and hippies in the same garbage bin
@@vandeplasromeo6694 How?
Interesting, especially if you've read the book. But even here, the song lyrics is describing Willow as a "slot" ... in front of herself ... and her father. In the book they openly grope every part of her and the father is enjoying the scene. Being against that makes Howie a stuffed shirt?
@@ColtraneTaylor that’s his function. and did you watch his acting?
@@scrapeape We are talking about Howie's reaction not the landlord.
"Howie is such a stuffed shirt."
"Being against that makes Howie a stuffed shirt?"
There's a brilliant shot at 2:03 where Howie is looking at the degeneracy before him and in the background, the landlord is out of focus looking straight at him from a side stare, keeping tabs on him, dutifully playing his role well, his eyes widen for a second after taking a drag of a cigarette and before he looks down, making him quite unnerving with being out of focus yet always aware. Little things like this make the film such a classic.
A little staged methinks. But the way the camera caught the landlord’s glinting eyes was effective.
Literalmente es una burla a la gente como tú, que habla de degeneración al puro sentimiento humano.
@@TruckerJenkins82 Oi! Trucker! Gripper Stebson ‘ere. Toilets 🚽. Break-time. Bring yer dinner money.
@@titteryenot4524 Shuddup, Norman, youz gettin' nowt from me! Any more of yer lip an' I'll set Roland on ya!
@@TruckerJenkins82 Lol.😂✌️
The worlds scariest musical.
Agree 👍
I’m shaking in my boots right now
Cats says "hold my beer"
@@alexjenkins8922 Uhh...not really.But looking at the creepy masks they wear scare me
@@hannahgilley9461 you should! some really creepy trippy imagery
That violin player is my favorite character in the movie. Whenever there's a party, he's ALWAYS there. He has such an elegant swagger, even though I don't think he has any dialog. He's like the rock star of Summerisle, you just KNOW the women there were throwing themselves at him!
I always appreciated that the musicians are very much part of the community and on-screen a lot of the time. It helps make the whole thing feel more realistic and folksy. And yeah, when he's part of the crew sitting around singing "Gently Johnny", you know full well he's sleeping with at least one of the girls in the band tonight.
Meh... it was always those guitarists that sequestered the lasses in my parts.
1:14 Her smile though, at the lyrics "We sing of someone who we all adore".....oh my lord. Creepy yet lovely as it's hinted that pretty much every man who sings about her has had a taste of her in some way shape and form.
Read the book. In this scene they are all groping her T & A.
I love the dutch angles in this scene that makes it feel like you're watching them sing while drunk. Their bawdy song compared to the rigidly uptight Sgt. Howie is such a great dichotomy.
2:04 if you pay attention the pub owner is watching him and his reactions. This entire musical number is a test to see if our cop is the real deal or not when it comes to his beliefs.
everything they did in front of him was in fact, a test
If you want to see a prime example of the emotive power of camera angles and shots, just look at this scene. When the song starts, it's the camera placement that drives home that this scene is unnerving, not comedic. It's brilliant!
Also the irony here is that if he HAD slept with the woman, he'd have been safe 😂
@Sharks I guess there's a lesson in this...when you're on an island full of unnervingly friendly locals and the barmaid hits on you...
I still think they would have sacrificed him anyway. 🤔🤔
@@stanislavpetrov5955 You're probably right 😂
They wouldn't have sacrificed him anyway. They needed a VIRGIN in order for the ritual to work. If you've seen Jennifer's Body, mistakenly sacrificing a non virgin can have grave consequences in witchcraft.
@@solitarysurreal3652
At least he'd have gone out with some pleasant, carnal memories 😂
Everybody is singing and dancing and having a good time. The song sounds like a typical jovial drinking song. In any other movie, that would seem like fun. How does this movie make it seem so creepy and menacing? The low camera angles? Howie's clear discomfort? The fact that the landlord's daughter seems amused even though the song seems to insult her, implying this island has a really weird value system? Honestly I'm not sure. This movie is like a magic trick I can't figure out.
YES! The most perfect way to manage to describe what can't really be described!
@@Losrandir What is more un-nerving is that while this is a "musical", most musical numbers in traditional musicals take place in sort of a suspended reality where the audience and the actors are aware that the action is stopping, and they're singing song. Whereas, in this movie, the music takes place in real life. Sgt. Howie is walking into this bar, where the whole place goes silent when he walks in, and then they all break into a creepy sea shanty about the "landlords daughter", as everybody laughs about how loose she is.
It's really creepy, then you think about how these adults probably grew up there...
@@MARSBELLA1 no u
It's to do with the persona -- the mask people wear for the benefit of society. An inadequate or inappropriate mask that's not up to the task is the basis of both humor and horror. In this case, the jovial personas are in contrast with the implication that everyone in town has effed the landlord's daughter. Also, many of them are just ineffective -- they're aiming for jovial but coming off as grotesque.
What gets me is the gleeful atmosphere among the locals, singing, dancing, laughing, while knowing full well that they're going to burn a man to death in a few days time.
Some scenes just pop out of nowhere and are freaking hysterical.
just like a Weatherspoon's
You don't get barmaids like that in Wetherspoon's pubs
INDEED!
Hey Mike ! Your Comment Made Me Piss My Sides , So Funny !
@@monotrious Glad you like, no social distancing here I think!
@@mikeblade3095 Thanks For Reply Mike ! The Days Before Social Distancing Indeed . Still Laughing At Your Extremely Hilarious Comment , Keep It Up My Friend ! Best Wishes Always .
Idk why this movie actually makes me tremble in fear. Not in a ‘boo’ type of scary but it just leaves you feeling... off...
It's unnerving that to the policeman these people all have no morality. It makes you question who is right or not.
@@seanp8220 well, I was with the pagans. I was happy when policeman burned
this is actually one of the only horror films ive seen thats left a lasting impression. lots of memorable scenes especially willows song, the phalus education, and the iconic no bs ending main guy just dies and no happy resolution. some horror flicks (dunno if this even belongs to the standard characteristics of horror as its more like a thriller idk its so subtle yet nevertheless scary and capable of making your heart pound) rely on the supernatural, some rely on gore, some rely on the perfect storm of scenarios, but this film relies on atmosphere it felt as if youre the protag also being controlled by the film as him being manipulated and just tossed around by the cult.
Then it's scary. This is a scary movie. No jumpscares. But it unsettles you. That's true fright.
I don't think anything prepared me for the moment the girl ran straight to the Lordship and said "Did I do it right?" There, out looking the waters that fell down to rocks, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide... I remained curious and somewhat unsettled by the strange manner which the Pagan's spoke, but that slowly built up until the climax when he departed this world in a ball of flames screaming "Damn you!" I just felt.. disturbed. Wicker man is great
RIP Lindsay Kemp. He scared the shite out of me as the pub landlord.
Sadly, I think Britt is the only member of the main cast still alive, apart from dear little Rowan.
Mr1979flapjack Who is the actor with the black hat and cream colored sweater. I believe he’s the first one to start singing. Who is he?
'Rowan' was in EastEnders!
That would be the great Scotttish actor Russell Waters. His most prolific period was the 50s - 60s, having appeared in over 80 British films, usually playing small parts as here. He is seen here in the twilight of his acting career, in fact this was his penultimate film, only appearing in 'Black Jack' (1979) after this. He died in 1982.
well it is a movie that came out in the 70s soooooo
Lindsay Kemp was an interesting chap. He was primarily a dancer, and also did choreography. He was a very talented mime artist. He also had an affair, and subsequent close friendship with David Bowie, who credits him with being instrumental in his artistic development.
look at the landlord's eyes at 2:06...
😂😂😂
I think he just saw Ash Buchanan walk into the bar.
He checking him out.
He just watched the remake and it scarred him badly.
That's scary
i find it very hard to believe that the landlord has a daughter....
ORIGINALINDIVIDUAL lmfao. British films have always been full of raging queens
lol, that's one way to look at it. I just found him to be some weirdly creepy guy trying to pimp out his daughter.
she must be adopted
yeah hes a creep
ORIGINALINDIVIDUAL he’s gotta be gay too let’s be honest
Hva har dere i glasset idag da gutter?
Appelsinjus, eplejus og jentejus!
øl, snusvann og hestecum. oi den var litt drøy!
Herremelk, Tequilla og krokodille-tiss! THE LANDLORD'S DAUGHTER, THE LANDLORD'S DAUGHTER!!!!
Stella Artois, Fireball og Kløver vaselin
Er dette original sang fra film fra 1973? Har i alle år trodd at det var Bjarte selv som syngte i introen :S
I recall long ago Paw Dugan saying in his review of this film that he and his friends were determined to lead a sing along of this song in a pub someday.
I do love how the actual landlord's daughter is totally going along with the song, to outward appearances used to the sort of bawdy behavior, but later shown that the song's description of her is completely accurate.
One of the creepiest films ever made. Great setting, musical score and costumes. And of course the acting of Woodward and Lee
I love Woodward's facial expressions...
yeah, he's great in it
i always get a weird feeling about ballamory after seeing this movie
cian keane That’d be brilliant. Balamory: The True Story... haha
I think Miles Jupp would have given his eye teeth to have been in this movie rather than in Ballamory. He's have been good too....
cian keane Yes ! I was thinking the same XD
I get the same feeling with Ring of Bright Water.
The Hand of Glory in Balamory ...
Would it be wrong to say the Wicker Man is one of my comfort films
No judgement from here.
It certainly brings me comfort to know such quality exists in this world of Nick Cage films...
I was waiting for Edward Woodward to break into song with his wonderful voice. He must have been aching to let rip!
This whole movie was just , , , , well dare I say strangely magical. Truth is I don't know how to explain other than if you haven't watched, you need to this was something special
Played, coached and refereed rugby for over 30 years. LOVE these naughty songs!!
I’m addicted to this scene
The most frightening aspect of this movie is the portrayal of unswerving dedication from a group of people to a ritual involving horrific human sacrifice intended to "appease the gods" for the specific purpose of producing a "bumper" harvest. A qualified horticulturist could easily have supplied much of the information needed in growing healthy crops ultimately preventing the ritualistic burning to death of live innocent people.
Its not really about the crop. Its about the inability to coexist with a different belief system. If the crop had been fine they'd still find some other reason to burn. Because at its base their religion doesn't tolerate nonconformity. The crop is an excuse.
@@florinivan6907 Fortunately, we're all entitled to have an opinion. Unfortunately, you seem to be of the opinion that I'm not entitled to mine.
I used to have a local like this.
Lucky you
Were they wiccan??
Where?!
Did you ever book a room there ?
A classic song from a classic movie.
I think this scene is perfect to describe why the Wicker Man is so scary. It's a movie that, since its beginning, keeps taking element of our daily life and suddenly turn them upside down, but keeps going as if it is all normal, generating a sense of unease to the viewer.
Take this scene: we see a cheerful kind of sea shanty sung by some men at a pub, a song dedicated to the landlord's daughter, which immediately assumes a quite dirty and taunting meaning, even sexualizing the girl. Men and older people laughs and jokes and stares at her with desire at the same time, the cheerful song immediately assumes a pervy tinge. And yet, the young woman laughs, smiles, even goes along with their song and their odd dance. Her father just watches, smiles and giggles.
This contrast puts you so off and, even if you're laughing at the scene, you can't make any sense of what you're watching because the normal cause-and-effect reactions aren't occurring and yet the movie keeps going, getting worse and worse.
Man, how much I love this movie.
If I ever ran a pub it would be like this 😅😆😁
Had a caravan down in burrowhead for years (burning of the wicker Man) the area is haunting,unique something about it draws you to it like a magnet
I like how the music stops when a stranger, especially a cop, enters the inn. He continues as if he is quite used to not being a favorite guest.
"This is a local ...pub for local people!"
We’ll have no trouble here!
@@acerockman3520 "We didn't burn him!"
Si Hopebgood “you did it beautifully Tubbs!”
"Poofter eh?"
"We didn't burn him!"
One of the greatest horror films but this scene is hilarious, it always cracks me up.
Horror 😂😂
I walked into a little pub in Cornwall, on a quiet day. theys tarted playing songs on their jukebox and it reminded me of this film straight away.
Funny story from behind the scenes, they were supposed to be drinking cold tea during this scene to appear as beer, but some of the cast were sick of it, so they got some real beer and the production was NOT impressed.
Didn't Britt look stunning in this?!
Small Tits though
@@melgrant7404 What, do you like big sagging tits, or huge fake ones? By no logical measure were her tits small, and they were gloriously shaped. You tripe fool
@@braceyourself3537 you know do you
You talk like you dated her!
@@melgrant7404 She has a topless scene in this movie brah
@@braceyourself3537 she had a body double in this film.for the scene where the bottom was shown
The Neighbourhood Watch Alliance was very different back then.
edwood woodwood. Really is outstanding In This film
I love this movie is one of my favorite movies of all time it's such a mind fukk
The school teacher pirouetting in the background makes me lol.
Rest in Peace Lindsay Kemp. What an extraordinary career.
I forget, would the community have spared the sergeant as their innocent sacrifice if he had given into his lust for Willow? The townsfolk almost seem like they're pushing him towards "getting it on" with her.
it's a test to see just how pure he is, had he slept with willow his usefulness to lord summarise would have been negated i reckon
He would of been spared, he has to be the 'willing fool', fool can mean naive, 'innocent' or unknowing.
@@jimmorrish6771 Its not a test on his purity, they are 'letting him know', she is 'sexually available'. Had he given in to her, he would not be the willing fool. (fool being 'innocent' or unknowing).
One of the requirements of the sacrificial victim is that he/she must be a virgin - they are putting this to the test. I am being wise after the event here, because it's a point that you might not notice watching the film, given that this scene is near the beginning and the bit about the sacrifice being a virgin is near the end.
I don't think they would sacrifice him. In a way, they gave him every opportunity to make himself a poor sacrifice but much to their joy he passed all their tests with flying colors
Great bartender, bent as a ten bob note.
Check the slightly malevolent look on the face of the sqeezebox/ concertina player. Nice touches of intent throughout the film.
LMAO every time I watch this every couple of years Superb!
This movie is perfect.
much has been said of the strumpets of yore...
Lee M ... of wenches and bawdy house queens by the score...
but I sing of the baggage that we all adore...
The Landlord's Daughter!
pink floyd
Mark Smith Do Pink Floyd use these lyrics? What song
We didn't burn him!
What's all this shouting? We'll have no trouble here!
"I said we'd never seen him before. Did Tubbs do right?"
You did it beautifully!
Will heaven be like Swansea?
I can, I can't
See the well creepy look that the landlord gives Sgt Howie at 2.20 😳
Absolutely, it says "I've got some Vaseline in the parlour".....
Willow clearly took after her mother.
Funny how so many people find this film …. “scary” ?
As a kid who spent every summer in Cornwall in the 70s, this film is beautifully nostalgic for me.
This scene could’ve been a 70s Saturday night in The Cobweb in Boscastle ❤
It's mostly christians who always get hysterical about pagan cultures
Fun fact: Edward Woodward who plays Sergeant Howie also plays The ghost of Christmas Present in “A Christmas Carol” 1984 with George C Scott
"Wuts all dis music den? >_< SHADDAP... I'm waiting for me supper!"
...and all because their apples didn't grow....so they killed him.... brilliant.
Besides Jaws this is one of the best films of all time!
Ingrid Pitt played the Landlords daughter, and went on to star in a series of sexy vampire films She was also a real underground spy for the UK's SOE
I always lose it at the 'part that lies between her left toe and her right toe 😂😂😂
I love how disgusted Lt Howie is seeing a tight knit and fun loving community.
Ahhh. The best bit is when he retires to bed :-)
I have a similar scenario like this. You go to a bar and everyone is having a good time, singing dancing, free drinks. Your sitting in a stool where the bartender is and humming the music they are playing. After you finish your shot, you ask for another, you accidentally drop your glass and the music stops. You look in the mirror and what do you see, puppets, looking at you.
That's…disturbing.
This movie is a gift. not many realize that.
Hva har du i glasset, Bjarte?
never noticed before (which is odd as i must have seen this 500 times) - the cash register has '3d' popped up .......this was 2-3 years after decimalization - does it imply drinks are not actually paid for, or Summer isle still uses LSD currency ???
They would have moved over to decimalization, but chances are the proprietor never bothered to change the cash register. He would have worked the prices out in his head and kept the books using the new system.
Cop in a highlands pub. Everyone goes quiet.
I happen to have that exact ceiling lamp… I wonder how many of those were made…
Great to see Lindsay Kemp, David Bowie's old mime tutor as the pub landlord. I wonder if Sgt Howie had any links to the name of Bowie ..
I love the hairdo of the squeeze box player!
Lindsay Kemp died today :-((
this song is used in the biggest radio show in norway
what?! excellent
Britt Ekland was very beautiful... For me one of the highlights of the movie as well as Christopher Lee and the ending. No way Nicolas Cage could beat this.
I love the old horror films. Today it's dizzy backpackers been tortured and just a gore fest without a proper story line.
In this scene there is no violence, just people enjoying a saturday night, yet it's just that there is so many creepy facets to this scene. There's all kinds of hints about the behaviour of the island about sex abuse and gratification. It's totally normal behaviour to these people
Ive actually drank in that pub, brilliant..
Much has been said of the strumpets of yore
Of wenches and bawdy house queens by the score
But I sing of a baggage that we all adore
The Landlord's Daughter
You'll never love another
Although she's not the kind of girl to take home
To your mother
Her ale it is lively and strong to the taste
It is brewed with discretion and never with haste
You can have all you like if you swear not to waste
The Landlord's Daughter
And when her name is mentioned
The parts of every gentleman do stand up
At attention
O, nothing can delight so
As does the part that lies between her left toe
And her right toe
This is a total classic! One of the best! 🤣
I often wonder in the scene where Willow is trying to tempt him if you would have had sex with her but they've still killed him probably not right?
Its difficult to say. Possibly yes but he would no longer be the ideal sacrifice just good enough maybe not even that.
@@florinivan6907 I was thinking the same exact thing probably wouldn't be what they need anymore so they would probably have to let him go and it was his own ignorance that was his demise
@@dskcgaming2109 Problem is they still need to sacrifice someone so its a toss up here. Of course these days even an open minded non prudish individual might be suspicious especially with so many movies about sinister cults in rural areas.
@@florinivan6907 you should watch a movie called The Shrine it's really good think that's what it's called
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Can you hear the banjos dueling. ...
her dad's right there man
Much has been said of the strumpets of yore
Of wenches and bawdy house queens by the score
But I sing of the baggage that we all adore,
The Landlord's Daughter
You'll never love another
Although she's not the kind of girl
To take home to your mother
The Landlord's Daughter
Her ale it is lively and strong to the taste
It is brewed with discretion and never with haste
You can have all you like If you swear not to waste
The Landlord's Daughter
And, when her name is mentioned
The parts of every gentleman
Do stand up at attention
The Landlord's Daughter
Oh, nothing can delight so
As does the part that lies between
Her left toe
And her right toe
The Landlord's Daughter
What the hell is the origin of this song?
It almost sounds like a sea shanty. I wouldn't be surprised if the tune is based on one of those.
Paul Giovanni I think wrote this one as an original for this soundtrack. The whole film mixes folk tunes, music from centuries ago, Robert Burns poems, and his original works. And Giovanni demonstrably really knew his stuff when it came to this style of music: For example, "Tinker of Rye" is an original song, but fits perfectly in the style in no small part because in British folk music, tinkers (as men who are likely to be in town while the other men are in the fields working) typically had the same role as pizza delivery guys and plumbers in modern adult films.
this movie invented twerking
1:11 the lad looks like a blonde Derek Smalls from Spinal Tap
the landlord is lindsay kemp who taught bowie and kate bush
Damals waren die Schuhe noch geputzt und die Gesänge schmutzig.... So muss das sein!
En dónde la puedo ver?
I'm not sure either how I'd respond to that....... The first time I saw this movie, I had this lingering feeling that this was a place that had few secrets....like wife swapping was the norm here in the name of "fertillity"....well, it was the 70's right after the pill, haha.
The feet part was weird
Shit! Trodde det var Bjarte som sang! Men originalen har samme stemme
E.W. looking and sounding very agitated the more this scene goes on !
This movie is a horror comedy but in a wildly different way than the nic cage one
RIP Lindsay Kemp :(
damn he is such a buzzkill
so its a musical?
Robin Hardy the director told the cast (and crew I think) it was a musical. In a way it is, and in a way it isn't. It's the most off-beat and eccentric, but amazing British film.
Amazing song, it's the perfect kind of song to sing when you are hammered, also I think you would then be thrown out of the pub for singing it
the whole village playing wing man for the virgin lmao
If only such a pub existed....
Great bar.❤
0:56
Ashame this has a verse cut out of it. The 'Directors cut' should have a restoration!
🍻 Im here for the Party!!
Britt apparently didn't like her backside... 2:22-2:28 looks pretty good to me?!
she didn't like her body doub for the waist-down nude scene, said that was too large
I'm not talking about the body double scene, I mean here at 2:22. I read an interview with her saying she didn't like her butt and tried not to show it off in other movies also. I think she worried for nothing....
She was pregnant at the time hence the double. They did well to disguise it with the clothes they gave her but I still think her first trimester bump is visible.
this is just like my local tbf