"the wicker man" is generally very highly regarded by critics. movie magazine "cinefantastique" described it as "the "citizen kane" of horror movies", and in 2004 the magazine "total movie" named "the wicker man" the sixth greatest british movie of all time. it also won the 1978 saturn award for best horror movie. a scene from this movie was #45 on bravo's "100 scariest movie moments".