The Wicker Man
Anchor Bay
Police sergeant Neil Howie is equally devout to Christianity and British law, as we see in an early scene in which he orders pro-Jesus graffiti be cleaned off. He is middle aged and engaged, though he is committed to remaining a virgin until married, much to the delight of his co-workers who mock him behind his back.
Howie is in a constant state of moral outrage, punctuated with moments of deep shame at his occasional lustful thoughts. Howie describes England as a ‘Christian nation,’ and he is angry that it doesn’t live up to his ideals, that god’s watchful eye has done nothing to curb evil. As lord Summerisle said, the Christian god ‘blew it.’
