Wicker Man director's sons complete their late father's film trilogy
The final film in the folk horror trilogy brings closure to the saga as well as its creator's family after more than 50 years.
Robin Hardy originally intended his 1973 horror film 'The Wicker Man' to be the first installment of a trilogy. His son, Justin Hardy, who is an Emmy and BAFTA-nominated director, passed away in 2016, leaving the final film 'Wrath of the Gods' unfinished. Now, Justin's other son, Dominic, has teamed up with Justin to complete their father's trilogy.
They discovered the long-lost archive of scripts, letters, and storyboards in a family home. The archive revealed that Robin Hardy had come up with the idea for 'Wrath of the Gods' on a flight after a health scare. The film, set in a fictional Icelandic theme park around an extinct volcano, follows a grieving widow returning to a Shetland island after her husband's suicide.
The film is set to premiere at the FrightFest horror festival in London, with cast and crew members expressing their emotions about the tragic loss of Justin Hardy and the completion of the long-awaited trilogy.
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