Trivia: Christopher Lee did this movie for free, and considers it one of his best roles ever.
Trivia: Lindsay Kemp plays Alder MacGreagor, the father of Willow (Britt Ekland). In real life, Kemp was only four years older than Ekland.
Trivia: Edward Woodward saw the Wicker Man structure for the first time on the day the climax was shot, so his cry "Oh, God. Oh, Jesus Christ" is part him acting and part his own genuine reaction.
Answer: What's the use? He's surrounded, he can't fight everyone and there's nowhere for him to run.
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He is also a fundametally religious man and he believes that he is going to die and go to heaven.