About this book

This book describes and expands upon the content of a film of the same name, with special reference to the religious conflict between two characters: Sergeant Howie and Lord Summerisle. The Christian viewpoint is treated more favourably than it was in the film. Howie's experiences and background are also enlarged upon and the subject of a sort of cross between the grove of Nemi and the grove dedicated to Odin at Uppsala has been added to the pagan plot.

Subjects

  • fiction
  • fiction, horror
  • fiction, media tie-in
  • human sacrifice
  • identification (religion)
  • missing children
  • paganism
  • rites and ceremonies
  • scotland, fiction