The Blood on Satan's Claw
1971 · Movie · R · 96 min · ★ 6.2 · 65% critics
In an isolated English village, a strange discovery in a field seems to awaken a spreading evil. As fear and superstition take hold, the town’s young people are drawn into disturbing rituals and violence, turning a rural community into something deeply menacing.
Also known as Satan's Skin · The Devil's Touch · The Devil's Skin
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Details
- Years
- 1971
- Release date
- 1971-01-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (166 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like creepy folk horror with a grim countryside mood, somewhere between The Lords of Salem and The Lair of the White Worm; Not for you if slow burns and disturbing content put you off.
Pros: eerie rural atmosphere; unsettling folk-horror mood; strong period detail | Cons: slow first half; uneven pacing; weak ending
Themes
- rape
- sacrifice
- england
- village
- satanism
- murder
- devil
- witchcraft
- occult
- mutilation
- beast
- folk horror
Cast & crew
Patrick Wymark
as The Judge
Linda Hayden
as Angel Blake
Barry Andrews
as Ralph Gower
Michele Dotrice
as Margaret
Wendy Padbury
as Cathy Vespers
Anthony Ainley
as Reverend Fallowfield
Charlotte Mitchell
as Ellen Vespers
Tamara Ustinov
as Rosalind Barton
Simon Williams
as Peter Edmonton
James Hayter
as Squire Middleton
Directed by Piers Haggard