The film starts off with Sergeant Neil Howie sent to investigate a disappearance of a young girl in the isle of Sommerset upon arrival he ask the villagers about the little girl whom is missing but to his despair the villagers are adamant that the girl has never existed. Through further investigation he discovers that the entire island follows a pagan religion. Angered by this he confronts the lord of the island, ironically called lord Sommerset about their beliefs, hoping to put a stop to this but is unsuccessful. After more research he is shocked to find that they will sacrifice the missing girl on May-Day. Sergeant Howie decides to try and intercept the killing but ends up being killed himself.
I thought that the film was very strange and it is not really my sort of film. I thought that some of the ideas were completely way out and the whole concept of the film was strange.
I do think that this film fits into the horror genre because it is quite eerie at times and very spooky, for example the candle that is in the shape of a hand. Some of the things that happen in the film such as the pregnant women jumping over the fire are quite strange and scary too.
When this film was released it was hated by the film industry but as time went on it gained a more cult popularity and therefore was accepted a lot more. I think this was because the horror genre became a lot wider known and also different religions became a lot more common and accepted and as this film is quite religious it would of caught on. The film was directed by British Lion Films but they were facing administration so were bought out by a millionaire named John Bentley.
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