The Last Sacrifice

Name: The Last Sacrifice
Rating: 4.0

"Valentine’s Day 1945. A ritual murder in rural Britain. A new horror is born."

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.

Genre: Documentary

Actor: Gavin Bone, Geraldine Beskin, Janet Farrar, Adam Godley, Ronald Hutton, Leila Latif, Jonathan Rigby, Tim Stanley

Director: Rupert Russell

Country: United Kingdom

Typemovie

Duration1h 34m

Release2025

Rating4.0

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