The Last Sacrifice is getting some Halloween Q&A screenings this October and November
Anti-worlds is thrilled to announce thatTHE 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. 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 interrogation probes into the eerie, enigmatic cultural undercurrents that shaped 1970’s folk horror genre, leaving an indelible mark on cinema and public psyche.
Director Rupert Russell says of the film: “I was drawn to mystery of Charles Walton’s unsolved murder because it is also the mystery of Britain itself – its secrets, its darkness, its unique flavour of madness. It grounded the joyous festival of self-destructive depravity depicted in the Wicker Man in an all too relatable reality. A reality that Briton’s face in 2024 just as much as they did in 1973 or 1945. Why are we compelled to burn it all down?”
THE LAST SACRIFICE features a score composed by Mike Lindsay, co-founder and frontman of the British folktronica band Tunng, A limited edition release of the score on coloured vinyl will be available from October 28 via the Weird Walk Record Cult.
Cert 15 (TBC) / Run Time: 94mins
THE LAST SACRIFICE SCREENING DATES
October 24: Dublin: The IFI (as part of HORRORTHON)
October 28: London: The Nickel + Q&A with Rupert Russell
October 30: Manchester: Home + Q&A with Rupert Russell
October 30: Edinburgh: The Cameo
October 30: Epsom Cinema
October 30: London: Finsbury Park Cinema
October 30: Liverpool: FACT
October 30: Liverpool: The Plaza Community Cinema
October 31: Lewes: Depot cinema + Q&A with Rupert Russell
November 1: London: Picturehouse Central + Q&A with Rupert Russell
November 1: Lancaster: The Dukes
Date TBC: Cardiff Chapter Arts Center
