# Soooo... Wicker (Film) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-wicker-film/1032083 "2026-08-01T14:31:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-wicker-film/1032083/21 "2026-08-04T12:45:29Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Suffice to say, the thorny issue of mere wicker sexbots is definitely addressed. LOL ISWYDT ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-wicker-film/1032083/22 "2026-08-06T12:45:27Z")
So it looks like Hollywood has discovered the “Monster Fucker Romantasy” genre. God help us all. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-wicker-film/1032083/23 "2026-08-06T13:11:39Z")
No, _Wicker_ is definitely more in the sexbot-fucking category than monster-fucking, even if the sexbot is fairytale low-tech. Hollywood had already discovered that genre with _Ex Machina_ and doubtless long before. Although _Wicker_ is, as I noted, maybe the first notable **male** sexbot in film. (_Pace_ @MrDibble’s valid observation that at least in the short story the character ends up being more than a sexbot, but that’s definitely the context of its creation.) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-wicker-film/1032083/24 "2026-08-06T13:14:52Z")
That ship sailed in, at the very least, 2017 with **The Shape of Water**. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-wicker-film/1032083/25 "2026-08-06T13:25:12Z")
Oh, good catch. And of course if you count Dracula as a monster… although I’m not sure whether Monster-Fucking Romantasy as a genre is presuming consent/agency on the part of the female human monsterfucker, as opposed to being seduced/raped by an evil predator, which is more Dracula’s MO. Even if we require female agency and consent, though, there’s arguably already been some of that in film in _Galaxy Quest_, not to mention _Earth Girls Are Easy_ and _Starman_, depending on whether a humanoid disguise for the monster/alien is considered disqualifying. (And whether e-t aliens count as monsters in the first place.) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-wicker-film/1032083/26 "2026-08-06T13:32:01Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > That ship sailed in, at the very least, 2017 with **The Shape of Water**. Can’t argue with that. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-wicker-film/1032083/27 "2026-08-06T15:32:29Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > So it looks like Hollywood has discovered the “Monster Fucker Romantasy” genre. God help us all. You say that as if it’s a _bad_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-wicker-film/1032083/28 "2026-08-06T19:32:45Z")
So, in the end, the townfolk’s jealousy overcomes them, and they burn poor Woody Wood Pecker to ashes. And at the end, we see a small sprout growing from the ashes, and it… HAS A TINY FACE! [scream!] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-wicker-film/1032083.md?page=1)