Anti-Worlds is thrilled to announce that ‘THE LAST SACRIFICE’, the chilling new horror feature documentary from award-winning director Rupert Russell (Freedom for the Wolf, Price Wars), will screen in select UK cinemas in October and November 2025. A number of screenings will be followed by an audience Q&A with Rupert Russell.
‘THE LAST SACRIFICE’ delves into the real-life 1945 witchcraft killing of Charles Walton — the terrifying event that inspired The Wicker Man and helped shape the folk horror genre. This unsettling true-crime investigation explores the eerie and enigmatic cultural undercurrents that shaped 1970s folk horror, leaving an indelible mark on both cinema and the public psyche.
Director Rupert Russell says:
“I was drawn to the mystery of Charles Walton’s unsolved murder because it is also the mystery of Britain itself — its secrets, its darkness, its unique flavour of madness. It grounded the joyous festival of self-destructive depravity depicted in The Wicker Man in an all-too-relatable reality. A reality that Britons face in 2024 just as much as they did in 1973 or 1945. Why are we compelled to burn it all down?”
The film features a score by Mike Lindsay, co-founder and frontman of the British folktronica band Tunng. A limited-edition coloured vinyl release of the soundtrack will be available from October 28 via the Weird Walk Record Cult.
🎬 THE LAST SACRIFICE – Screening Dates
📅 October 24 – Dublin: The IFI (as part of HORRORTHON)
📅 October 28 – London: The Nickel + Q&A with Rupert Russell
📅 October 30 – Manchester: HOME + Q&A with Rupert Russell
📅 October 30 – Edinburgh: The Cameo
📅 October 30 – Epsom Cinema
October 30 – London: Finsbury Park Cinema
📅 October 30 – Liverpool: FACT
📅 October 30 – Liverpool: The Plaza Community Cinema
📅 October 31 – Lewes: Depot Cinema + Q&A with Rupert Russell
📅 November 1 – London: Picturehouse Central + Q&A with Rupert Russell
📅 November 1 – Lancaster: The Dukes
📅 Date TBC – Cardiff: Chapter Arts Centre
