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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Piers Haggard |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1970 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Mgm/Ua Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Horror |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616452436 |
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Customer Reviews of The Blood on Satan's Claw
Creepy period British horror film The Blood on Satan's Claw is an odd little British film. In 1970, Hammer Films was still king of British Horror. Along comes UA Britain and produces this unique film from apparently original material.
It's the late 1600's or early 1700's in the British countryside. While plowing his fields, a farmer unearths a bizarre looking skull - it is neither human nor animal. Times being what they are, the farmer is convinced it is demonic (he will be proved correct). The farmer goes to the town magistrate and emplores him to come see the skull. Of course, the skull is gone. Then the wierdness really begins. Floorboards move. Hair grows on people where it shouldn't - and overnight! An animal's furry claw appears where a man's hand should be. Then the children in the village begin acting oddly and following a beautiful young girl named Angel, who is anything but.
The Blood on Satan's Claw is not the most linear of films. It has its gaps. That's not to say this isn't a good film - because it is. It has a very intense feel to it and I can remember as a child watching this film and having nightmares for nights afterward. As with even the worst of Britain's period films, this film is very high on mood and the acting is quite good.
I believe when released, this received Britain's X rating (which is the equivalent of our R rating). However, that was over thirty years ago and times and ratings are different. By today's standards this film would receive a PG rating, since it has only a modicum of blood and a bit of female flesh, but no four letter words.
I encourage you to check this film out and see if you don't want to sleep with the lights on.
Classic atmospheric horror
I grew up seeing this movie on late night TV and unlike many horror films that impressed me as a naive child, this one still works. Scary but never cheesy it has a definite mood and chilling essence. This may sound weird but the cover of Black Sabbath's first album reminds me of this film, creates the same 'feel'.
It's also a definite parable for our times, how children overcome by 'demons' - ie. drugs, poverty, gangs, mental illness, are just as capable of evil as any adult.
Good Old Fashion Gruesomeness
Ah yes... I remember those Saturday nights as a child, staying up late to watch "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Movie Macabre." This was one of my favorite late night ghoul-fest films, taking place in a creepy medieval village filled with the possessed teen of Satan! I remember it being a lot of fun, so I will purchase it and see if it's as much fun 15 years later! Another good movie from the 70's (or 80's?) is "Eyes of Fire" which popped into my memory just last week. Why don't they make creepy films like this anymore?