Even May Morrison ( Irene Sunters), Rowan’s alleged mother, tells Sergeant Howie she never had a daughter by that name.
Howie is received with suspicion by the locals, who claim to have never heard of the girl. The 1973 version of The Wicker Man stars Edward Woodward as Neil Howie, a British police officer and a devout Christian that flies to the northern island of Summerisle after receiving an anonymous letter alerting him to the disappearance of young Rowan Morrison ( Geraldine Cowper). And those differences are precisely what’s behind the trash fire that was the 2006 remake. However, the ways Hardy and LaBute tell the story of a police officer investigating the disappearance of a young girl on an island populated by a pagan community couldn’t be more different from one another. Both movies are loosely based on the 1967 novel Ritual, written by David Pinner. Directed by Robin Hardy and written by Anthony Shaffer, it’s one of the greatest examples of a subgenre of horror known as folk-horror. In contrast, its 1973 counterpart, also titled The Wicker Man, is considered a cult classic. RELATED: Why 'The Wicker Man' Is the Key to Understanding Nicolas Cage
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