Before Somerfield was chosen as the supermarket to feature in the film, Wright and Pegg originally had the idea to create a fictional chain store under the name Summeraisles, referencing The Wicker Mans island in honour of Edward Woodward, who starred in both the horror classic and as Tom Weaver, the Neighbourhood Watch Alliances eyes and ears. Other references to The Wicker Man include resemblances in the plot an outsider policeman moves into a rural village only to find theyre all part of a cult. The constant repetition of cults mantra of The greater good is in reference to the boardroom scene of 1994 film The Hudsucker Proxy, where long live the Hud is also constantly repeated with similar undertones. A final reference to the Wicker Man is both of Woodwards characters are severe in their application of the law, with Weaver wanting local youths to be dealt with with all that entails in Sandford for defacing a fountain.