The Wicker Man (1973)
The first time i watched this classic British horror film it scared me in a way no other film had previously, or indeed since, and even today, some however many viewings later, it's still a very unnerving watch.
There is no killer stalking our hero, no houses are haunted, there is no actual threat to Howie the investigating policeman, he is offered several ways out of the scenario yet fails to take them. (You only realise this after the film ends though). The horror stems from beliefs and old customs the modern world has largely forgotten.
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