THE WICKER TREE release date and teaser poster

The Wicker Tree has gotten a release date and teaser poster. Bloody Disgusting reports that Anchor Bay will release Robin Hardy's companion piece to The Wicker Man in theaters in January 27. The teaser above is pretty cool with it's satanic imagery such as the hidden face of Baphomet.

Here is the synopsis:

"When two young missionaries (Brittania Nicol, Henry Garrett) head to Scotland, they are initially charmed by the locals in the town of Tressock, and agree to become the local Queen of the May and Laddie for the annual town festival. But the couple is not prepared for the frightening consequences of their decision, and the very disturbing secrets they are about to discover about Tressock's seemingly friendly townspeople."

Hardy wrote and directed the film that stars Graham McTavish, Jacqueline Leonard, Honeysuckle Weeks, Clive Russell with Christopher Lee, star of the original The Wicker Man. Check out the trailer below if you have not seen it yet.