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The Wicker Man at IFC Center this weekend
Here’s looking at you, bees (Photo: IFC Center)
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The idea behind movies like Dinocroc vs. Supergator is funny. The end result, though, not so funny. Forcing a cult film is a recipe for disaster (see: Snakes on a Plane), and many of Syfy’s programs like the Supergator series and Anonymous Rex scream: We know this movie stinks, but that’s why it’s so awesome!
Back in 2006, a real, honest-to-God cult film was released. It was meant to be a classic and turned out to be awful, along the lines of Plan 9 from Outer Space. It’s a remake, and while the 1973 original is a horror film classic, the new one is, well, unintentionally not scary—and unintentionally hilarious.
Here’s a hint: “Killing me won’t bring back your goddamn honey!”
Of course I’m talking about The Wicker Man, directed by Neil LaBute and the greatest example of Nicolas Cage’s overacting (I don’t mean that as a bad thing). I didn’t see the movie in theaters (it only made $32 million, so I’m guessing that’s true of most people), and wouldn’t until 2008, after seeing the hilarious Arrested Development/Wicker Man mashup, “Oh Gob the Bees,” on YouTube. It was then that I knew this is the movie for me, and I was not disappointed (five out of five stars on Netflix don’t lie).
The plot of Wicker Man doesn’t matter. There’s something about missing children, a creepy island and ritual sacrifices, but those just distract us from scenes of Nicolas Cage punching a woman…while wearing a bear suit. Or, better yet, Cage taking out his gun and shouting “step away from the bike” to another woman. There’s a lot of the Cage screaming at women.
It’s like The Room, but even funnier because Nicolas Cage is involved. And it’s screening tonight and tomorrow at the IFC Center (323 6th Ave.). Like any good cult film, the movie begins at midnight. Tickets cost $12.50.
And don’t forget to ask, “How’d it get burned?!?”