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Originally Posted by atari 2600
Well, I've seen so many movies, but have never seen the original (or the remake) of The Wicker Man; never have seen Witchfinder General or even (gasp!) Carnival of Souls.
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Witchfinder General was retitled The Conquerer Worm in the States in a cynical attempt by its American distributers to tie it in with Vincent Price's earlier Poe movies - despite the fact that the film itself has absolutely nothing to do with the Edgar Alan Poe story of that name. So maybe you saw it under that title without realising that it was infact Witchfinder General and was put off by the reasonable feeling of 'what the fuck has this got to do with Edgar Alan Poe?'.
The Wicker Man (orig) has been released in so many different versions it's almost impossible to know which is the 'proper' one. There's a 'Director's Cut' version available on DVD which most people think of as the definitive one, but I think that's missing a couple of scenes that appeared in the version shown on the BBC in the late 80s - and which has, to my knowledge, never been shown since outside of the inevitable realm of the bootleg.
You're gonna love Carnival of Souls if you have even the
slightest fondness for old episodes of The Twilight Zone.