AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Wicker Man can be found here.
AOn the day of 'death and rebirth' (May 1st), Edward punches out Sister Beech (Diane Delano) and, disguised in her bear costume, joins the parade led by Sister Summersisle. When the parade ends, Edward sees Rowan tied to a large tree with a pile of twigs at her feet, about to be burned. He runs to Rowan, unties her, and carries her into the woods. When they elude the pursing villagers, he sets her down. Rowan runs on ahead, and Edward follows her lead, ending up right back to the waiting villagers. Rowan runs to Willow and Sister Summersisle and asks whether she did it right. 'You came of your own free will,' Summersisle says to Edward, and the villagers begin to close in on him. He tries to hold them back with his gun, but they eventually overtake him. He is carried to a clearing that contains a huge 'man' made of wicker. He is hoisted into the wicker man, and Rowan bears the torch that sets it on fire. As the fire encompasses the wicker man, the crowd chants 'The drone must die!' in the belief that the sacrifice will restore their honey production. In the final scene, Willow and Sister Honey (Leelee Sobieski) are seen in a bar, talking with two male police officers. They invite the men to go home with them.
