The Wicker Man Drinking Game Rules
Use this The Wicker Man drinking game for one of horror's strangest and best slow burns. Robin Hardy's 1973 film drops you onto Summerisle with Sergeant Howie, where every smile hides a lie and every song makes the case feel worse. You get mystery, folk horror, dark laughs, and a sharp climb to one of the most famous endings in the genre.
This page gives you The Wicker Man drinking game rules that match the movie's mood and big set pieces. You drink through pagan rites, tense clashes of faith, and the island's bright, cheerful madness without losing the plot. It works for horror movie night, cult film marathons, or a rewatch with friends who want a wild final act.
The Wicker Man Drinking Game Rules:
- Take a sip when someone denies knowing Rowan Morrison, or claims she never existed
- Drink when Sergeant Howie's Christian faith clashes with Summerisle's pagan customs
- Take a sip when apples, orchards, fruit, or the failed harvest come up
- Drink when the islanders break into a song, chant, or rowdy pub tune
- Take a sip when Howie gets a smirk, laugh, or evasive answer instead of real help
- Drink when Lord Summerisle calmly explains the island's beliefs, history, or way of life
- Drink when the school lesson turns creepy, pagan, or openly sexual
- Drink when the Green Man Inn turns loud with singing, flirting, or general chaos
- Drink when Willow tries to tempt Howie with her song and dance through the wall
- Take a sip when masks, animal symbols, or festival costumes appear
- Drink when Howie sneaks into a room, breaks in, or searches somewhere after hours
- Take a sip when May Day is mentioned or when people prepare for the festival
- Drink when a grave, coffin, or empty tomb shifts Howie's theory about Rowan
- Take a sip when a child says something oddly calm about sex, death, or sacrifice
- Finish your drink when the full May Day parade takes over the screen
- Finish your drink when the wicker man is finally revealed
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About the Movie
- Title
- The Wicker Man
- Released
- 07 Aug 1974
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genre
- Horror
- Plot
- On Sunday, April 29, 1973, Sergeant Neil Howie with the West Highland Constabulary flies solo to Summerisle off the coast of Scotland. He is there to follow up on a letter addressed specifically to him from an anonymous source on Summerisle reporting that a twelve year old girl who lives on the island, Rowan Morrison, the daughter of May Morrison, has long been missing. The correspondence includes a photograph of Rowan. Upon his arrival on Summerisle, Howie finds that the locals are a seemingly simple minded lot who provide little information beyond the fact that they know of no Rowan Morrison and do not know the girl in the photo. Mrs. Morrison admits to having a daughter, seven year old Myrtle, but no Rowan. As Howie speaks to more and more people, he begins to believe that Rowan does or did live on the island, but that the locals are hiding their knowledge of her. He also begins to see that the locals all have pagan beliefs, their "religion" which centers on procreation as the source of life. That procreation does not necessarily need to be within marriage, and openly flaunts the act of sex, both in private and in public. These beliefs do not sit well against Howie's strict Christian morals, he who regularly attends church, prays, and accepts communion. Everything that happens on the island seems to be dictated by Lord Summerisle, whose ancestors bought the island generations ago. Howie begins to believe that Rowan was murdered, she a sacrifice by the islanders to their higher power to ensure a bountiful apple crop - the main crop of the island - which did not materialize last season. With May Day approaching, Howie not only tries to find out if Rowan was indeed murdered/sacrificed, which includes trying to locate her body, but if there will be another sacrifice on this important day within the cycle of life.
- Language
- English
