INSTANT TRIVIA

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The sequence drew the ire of animal-rights activists, who thought the creatures inside the wicker man would really go up in flames. (They didn’t.)

2

Originally production designer Seamus Flannery intended for the structure to have eyes made of daisies. This idea was discarded as it made it look “too friendly”.

3

Shaffer wrote an unmade sequel in which Howie escaped at the last minute. Meanwhile, Robin Hardy made his own sequel, titled The Wicker Tree, in 2011.

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The wicker man’s concrete base can still be found on the site where it was built on the Isle of Whithorn.