Talkin' bout she look like Janet Jackson.
Debbie: Oh, no she didn't go there!
Smokey: Bitch got out the car lookin' more like Freddie Jackson. Don't laugh, it ain't funny!

I remember that one; Christopher Lee has one of his best roles in it.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)

The feature film successor to "The Lottery"(which was also made into a 1969 short) is
"The Wicker Man" which concerns an isolated British island which still practices
the old ways. Get the original 1973 version, not the crappy 2006 remake.

I read it in school. I was startled by the ending, but not shocked. I lived in the South, and had read about lynch mobs in the early twentieth century. She just moved the scene to peaceful New England.

Sir Charles, what was your reaction when you first read THE LOTTERY? Did you understand Jackson's intention? Back when the story was published, most readers were baffled, and some were even offended.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)

For those unfamiliar with the story, here is the plot
In a small American town, possibly Jackson's own hometown of Bennington, Vermont, the people are called together for an annual lottery. After some forboding, mysterious scenes, the story ends with a shocking revelation: the purpose of the lottery is to choose a scapegoat who is to be put to death. The victim is a wife and mother named Tessie Hutchison, and the story ends with the abrupt lines:
"It isn't fair, it isn't fair"
And then they were upon her.
Obviously it influenced the Reaping scene of HUNGER GAMES, but with a big difference: in HUNGER GAMES we know what the drawing is about, while in the LOTTERY we don't know until the surprise ending.
It was written in 1947, and the portrayal of a peaceful community descending into savagery probably had reference to Nazi Germany.