The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
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Cast & Crew.
Patrick Wymark
The Judge
Linda Hayden
Angel Blake
Barry Andrews
Ralph Gower
Michele Dotrice
Margaret
Wendy Padbury
Cathy Vespers
Anthony Ainley
Reverend Fallowfield
Charlotte Mitchell
Ellen Vespers
Tamara Ustinov
Rosalind Barton
Simon Williams
Peter Edmonton
James Hayter
Squire Middleton
Howard Goorney
The Doctor
Avice Landone
Isobel Banham
Roberta Tovey
Ann
Robin Davies
Mark Vespers
Geoffrey Hughes
Drinking Villager
Anna Wing
Concerned Villager
Peter Ardran
The Devil (uncredited)
Godfrey James
Mr. Blake (uncredited)
Yvonne Paul
Dancing Girl (uncredited)
Jason Twelvetrees
Ned Carter (uncredited)
Milton Reid
Dog Handler (uncredited)
Eric Mason
Villager
Weston Drury Jr.
Casting
Malcolm B. Heyworth
Producer
Robert Wynne-Simmons
Writer
Tony Tenser
Executive Producer
Piers Haggard
Director / Additional Writing
Peter L. Andrews
Producer
Richard Best
Editor
Dick Bush
Director of Photography
Marc Wilkinson
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Arnold Chapkis
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 28, 1971
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Content RatingR
Budget$140,000
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
The Blood on Satan's Claw (or Blood on Satan's Claw) is a 1971 British supernatural period folk horror film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, and Barry Andrews. Set in early 18th-century England, it follows the residents of a rural village whose youth fall under the influence of a demonic presence after a local farmer unearths a mysterious deformed skull buried in a field.
The screenplay for the film was originally written by Robert Wynne-Simmons as an anthology of horror stories set in a small village, and had the working title of Satan's Skin. After director Haggard was hired for the project, he and Wynne-Simmons reworked the screenplay into a singular cohesive narrative. Principal photography took place in 1970, mainly in the Chiltern Hills region of England.
The Blood on Satan's Claw premiered in New York City in April 1971, and was subsequently released in London on 16 July 1971. It was met with middling reviews from critics, and underperformed at the box office. In the intervening years, however, the film has gained a cult following, and has been cited by several film scholars as a progenitor of the folk horror genre, along with its contemporaries Witchfinder General (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973).