The David Lean Cinema in the Croydon Clocktower will be screening Children of the Wicker Man this Halloween, Friday October 31, followed by a very special question and answer session with the documentary’s maker, and sons of The Wicker Man director Robin Hardy, Dominic and Justin Hardy.
This is the first and only London screening of this retrospective on a classic horror film since its premiere at FrightFest.
The Wicker Man is revered as “The Citizen Kane of horror movies” (Cinefantastique), the 1973 movie ranked at No4 in The Guardian’s list of the 25 Best Horror Films of All Time.
The film even boasts a Croydon connection, with Police Sergeant Neil Howie played by Edward Woodward, who was born in Croydon in 1930. Continue reading
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