The Last Sacrifice Documentary Movie

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The Last Sacrifice Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis:  Anti-Worlds is thrilled to announce that ‘THE LAST SACRIFICE’, the chilling new feature documentary from award-winning director Rupert Russell (Freedom for the Wolf, Price Wars), will screen in select UK cinemas in October and November 2025. A number of screenings will be followed by an audience Q&A with Rupert Russell.  ‘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 investigation explores the eerie and enigmatic cultural forces that shaped 1970s folk horror, leaving an indelible mark on cinema and the public psyche.   A FILM BY RUPERT RUSSELL

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00:00It was the day particularly rich in black magic association.

00:04The druids were reported to have made sacrifice to the earth.

00:12In 1945, on the slopes of Mian Hill,

00:15a particularly gruesome murder was committed.

00:18His name was Charles Wall.

00:21His pitchfork has been impaled through his face,

00:24and the trouncing hook he uses to trim the hedges

00:27is buried in his neck.

00:30Do you think that witchcraft played any part in his death at all?

00:36There was a constant feeling the village was covering something up.

00:40They were not only misleading people, but blatantly lying.

00:45One theory is that he was killed as part of some sort of blood sacrifice to the land.

00:52The work of someone doubling in black magic.

00:55This bizarre ritualistic killing struck a nerve with the nation.

01:01Was this the last ritual killing in modern Britain?

01:07In the 1960s, Britain goes through an identity crisis.

01:11It was almost as if the country was going nuts.

01:13What makes you uneasy about having witches living here?

01:18Like, acknowledge, I should think.

01:20He said, you're a witch, aren't you?

01:21And I said, well, you know I am. Why?

01:23As ordinary schoolguards do, I was doing seances with my friends.

01:27Have you ever seen the devil?

01:29I think I've seen him once, yes.

01:33The nation couldn't open their newspapers without reading bizarre stories.

01:37And all this fed, really, into horror films of the period.

01:41Mighty God of the sun!

01:44The line between fiction and fantasy became blurred.

01:47Sounds wild.

01:48Sunday supplement stuff.

01:50Our fascination with the Walton murder points to an unease we have about ourselves

02:02and what we're capable of.

02:05It poses a terrifying question.

02:08What is really going on in England's green and pleasant land?

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