
About
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Cast

Edward Woodward
Sergeant Neil Howie

Christopher Lee
Lord Summerisle

Britt Ekland
Willow MacGreagor

Ingrid Pitt
Librarian

Diane Cilento
Miss Rose

Lindsay Kemp
Alder MacGreagor

Aubrey Morris
Old Gardener / Gravedigger

Russell Waters
Harbour Master (uncredited)

Irene Sunters
May Morrison
Keywords
disappearance cult based on novel or book investigation scotland voyeurism human sacrifice horror cemetery cult film island virgin ritual policeman rural area paganism may day folk horror sea plane harvest festival
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