The Last Sacrifice

2024

Documentary

5
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 330 330

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Plot summary

The Last Sacrifice delves into the real-life 1945 witchcraft killing of Charles Walton—the terrifying event that inspired The Wicker Man and birthed the folk horror genre. This unsettling true-crime interrogation probes into the eerie, enigmatic cultural undercurrents that shaped 1970's folk horror genre, leaving an indelible mark on cinema and public psyche.

Director

Rupert Russell Photo
Rupert Russell

Top cast

Adam Godley Photo
Adam Godley as Self
Janet Farrar Photo
Janet Farrar as Self
Gavin Bone Photo
Gavin Bone as Self
Tim Stanley Photo
Tim Stanley as Self
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867.01 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 3
1.74 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Les N 3 / 10

Couldn't wait for it to end

Couldn't wait for it to end.
Reviewed by 5 / 10

Meh...

Nothing great and nothing earth-shattering, this semi-documentary uses clips of old movies, mostly Hammer films and the original The Wicker Man to try to draw a similarity between a murder in modern-day England to witchcraft and Druid ceremonial sacrifices.Not that it's a bad attempt, it just doesn't do what it claims it's going to and the so-called similarities between the actual murder and The Wicker Man are really a stretch.
Reviewed by 7 / 10

The Last Sacrifice: CClass, Condescension, and a Countryside Murder

The Last Sacrifice" (2024) offers an intriguing, if highly speculative, take on a 1945 murder in the English countryside. It's visually engaging, with evocative period footage and finely edited reconstructions that sustain interest throughout. Yet the film falters in tone: several commentators-urbane, left leaning, and seemingly 'above the the great unwashed', the case as an occasion to deliver sweeping, sardonic remarks about rural England. This air of superiority distracts from the historical mystery itself, leaving the documentary feeling more like a cultural sermon than a balanced investigation.
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