Very cheesy, pretty much stealing its whole premise from the Wicker Man - but totally missing the underplayed sinister tone of that classic so it almost becomes a comedy. It's basically a Folk Horror you can watch with your kids, and therefore it might be a good introduction to that kind of thing... possibly?!
I'm not sure if it's the script or the direction that's most at fault here. It reminded me of an enjoyable Doctor Who story; it passes the time but never really grabs you as it should, and could.
The villain reveal is just silly, and I'm really surprised that nobody was on hand to reign in some of the OTT acting - especially the aforementioned. At times it was like a bad school play, and some of the characters were just incredibly annoying and pointless caricatures (Winter + the twins)
I think if you're going to try and play homage to the Wicker Man, you really should not ignore what made that story so especially dark and therefore horrifying; Literally nobody is your friend, you are doomed from the outset and there was never anything you could have done about it - your entire effort was a irrelevancy and you were doomed to die horrifically from the outset.
In this version she decides to go back and live happily ever after on the island.. like I said, it's OK for kids.
I'm not sure if it's the script or the direction that's most at fault here. It reminded me of an enjoyable Doctor Who story; it passes the time but never really grabs you as it should, and could.
The villain reveal is just silly, and I'm really surprised that nobody was on hand to reign in some of the OTT acting - especially the aforementioned. At times it was like a bad school play, and some of the characters were just incredibly annoying and pointless caricatures (Winter + the twins)
I think if you're going to try and play homage to the Wicker Man, you really should not ignore what made that story so especially dark and therefore horrifying; Literally nobody is your friend, you are doomed from the outset and there was never anything you could have done about it - your entire effort was a irrelevancy and you were doomed to die horrifically from the outset.
In this version she decides to go back and live happily ever after on the island.. like I said, it's OK for kids.