
The Wicker Man (1973)
1973 · MovieSergeant Howie flies to a remote Scottish island to investigate a missing girl. The islanders are warm, cooperative, and completely evasive about the one thing he came to find.
Nothing happens for a while. Then everything does. Curated slow burn horror is built on patience, films that use atmosphere, character, and creeping unease to earn their payoff. If you need a jump scare in the first ten minutes, these aren't for you.

Sergeant Howie flies to a remote Scottish island to investigate a missing girl. The islanders are warm, cooperative, and completely evasive about the one thing he came to find.

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A women's soccer team survives a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness. What they do to stay alive is something they've spent twenty-five years trying not to think about.
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