Spoiler free review: Darklands (1996) Dir. Julian Richards Where to watch: Prime Video In this 90's spin on The Wicker Man, a newspaper reporter is lured into a conspiracy of pagan rituals and human sacrifice when he investigates the death of a steelworker. This is gritty blue-collar working-class reimagining of the folk horror cult classic. We’re relocated from the Scottish Isles to a remote Welsh setting and the maypole loving cult switched to a hardened misfit gang of gypsies. The comparisons are endless and hard to overlook, but if viewed as a standalone this has its enjoyable mome…
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