The Last Sacrifice: An Interview with Director Rupert Russell
Rupert Russell on location with THE LAST SACRIFICE Ahead of the UK premiere of The Last Sacrifice at FrightFest Glasgow 2025, director Rupert Russell discusses his chilling true-crime documentary. The film explores the eerie cultural forces that shaped British folk horror while investigating a gruesome and unsolved murder that continues to fascinate and disturb. Your film is premiering in the UK at FrightFest Glasgow this year. How do you feel about that? It is an exciting moment, especially with Glasgow being so close to Summerisle, the fictional island from The Wicker Man . What first drew you to this project? I only watched The Wicker Man for the first time in 2022, and to me, it did not feel like a horror film. It felt like a documentary about Britain in recent years. The madness of Summerisle was no different from the madness of the British Isles. That final moment, where Sergeant Howie begs for his life, saying, "Killing me won’t save your apples," and Lord Summerisl...