{"id":10078,"date":"2022-04-30T07:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=10078"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:44:05","slug":"holidays-in-the-movies-may-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/04\/30\/holidays-in-the-movies-may-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays in the Movies:  May Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"271\" data-attachment-id=\"10079\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/04\/30\/holidays-in-the-movies-may-day\/6987149210_3eddc32f68_w\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6987149210_3eddc32f68_w.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,271\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6987149210_3eddc32f68_w\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6987149210_3eddc32f68_w.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6987149210_3eddc32f68_w.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6987149210_3eddc32f68_w.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6987149210_3eddc32f68_w.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/6987149210_3eddc32f68_w-150x102.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/19219926@N04\/6987149210\" target=\"_blank\">May Day Celebration, 1937<\/a>&#8221;&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/19219926@N04\" target=\"_blank\">Duke University Archives<\/a>&nbsp;is marked with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/?ref=openverse\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/a>.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>May Day, celebrating the vibrancy of spring, is directly preceded by Walpurgis Nacht.  So our movie watching in celebration will be taking both of these holiday&#8217;s into account with a couple of pairs: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Noche_de_Walpurgis\"> <em>La Noche de Walpurgis<\/em><\/a> (1971) &#8211; released in the US as <em>The Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman<\/em> and also known as <em>Werewolf Shadow<\/em>, is the fifth in a series of movies about Waldemar Daninsky, played by Paul Naschy, a mysterious nobleman living under a curse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Retorno_de_Walpurgis\">El Retorno de Walpurgis<\/a><\/em> (1973) &#8211; is the seventh in the same series about werewolf Waldemar Daninsky. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ritual_of_Evil\"><em>Ritual of Evil<\/em> <\/a>(1970) &#8211; sequel to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fear_No_Evil_(1969_film)\">Fear No Evil<\/a><\/em> (1969) and following the supernatural investigations of psychiatrist Dr. Sorrell.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Devil_Rides_Out_(film)\">The Devil Rides Out<\/a><\/em> (1968) &#8211;<em> <\/em>occultists are baptized into their new lives on Walpurgisnacht in the late 1920s.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cast_a_Deadly_Spell\">Cast a Deadly Spell<\/a><\/em> (1991) &#8211; Phil Lovecraft is the only detective, perhaps the only man, in L.A. who doesn&#8217;t use magic in a world where magic is infiltrating all aspects of life.  He&#8217;s working a case on the last three days of April that could save or end the world. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wicker_Man\">The Wickerman<\/a><\/em> (1973) &#8211; famous folk horror movie; there is nothing more to say.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wicker_Tree\">The Wicker Tree<\/a><\/em> (2011) &#8211; created as a companion piece to the 1973 <em>The Wickerman.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1232\" height=\"2189\" data-attachment-id=\"10102\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/20191020_195416-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1232,2189\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G935V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1571578514&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20191020_195416\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Gorgon&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited-225x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited-338x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10102\" style=\"width:108px;height:191px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited-225x400.jpg 225w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited-338x600.jpg 338w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20191020_195416-edited-1153x2048.jpg 1153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gorgon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Admittedly, the Wickerman and Wicker Tree movies do not get all that much play in our house, so to make up for that we look for comfortable filler like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0600674\/\"><em>Hetty Wainthropp Investigates<\/em> &#8220;Widdershins&#8221; episode<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/midsomermurders.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Straw_Woman\"><em>Midsomer Murders<\/em> &#8220;Straw Woman&#8221;<\/a> (thematically appropriate, though not sure if it is actually based on May Day)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May Day also happens to be Gorgon&#8217;s birthday &#8211; decided by mathematical estimate, though not witnessed.  Happy birthday Gorgon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May Day, celebrating the vibrancy of spring, is directly preceded by Walpurgis Nacht. So our movie watching in celebration will be taking both of these holiday&#8217;s into account with a couple of pairs: Admittedly, the Wickerman and Wicker Tree movies do not get all that much play in our house, so to make up for&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/04\/30\/holidays-in-the-movies-may-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Holidays in the Movies:  May Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[300,290,298],"class_list":["post-10078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-gorgon","tag-holidays-in-movies","tag-walpurgisnacht"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10063,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/03\/31\/holidays-in-the-movies-april-fools\/","url_meta":{"origin":10078,"position":0},"title":"Holidays in the Movies:  April fools","author":"leems","date":"March 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"For most of my life, April Fools day would pass me by and I wouldn't even notice. 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