Blood on Satan's Claw

[Aaryk Noctivagus]

OK, I'm thinking of getting 'Blood on Satan's Claw' on DVD. I've never seen the movie (or don't remember having done so) but I seem to remember having heard good things about it... so I thought I'd put it to the vote - lol



Who says I should get it and why...



Who says I should not bother with it and why...

[smudge]

Being a music bod, I think you'd probably like it just for the haunting opening theme Aaryk, played over some nicely done credits. Must say that I love it - and a nice juxtaposition with the genre, I always thought. (Marc Wilkinson, composer IIRC).



The film itself is recommended as it's somewhat close to that WITCHFINDER GENERAL feel, and certainly has a particular atmosphere. Also, it boasts the presence of the late, great Patrick Wymark; always worth watching.



I always thought this one had an unusual slant, at a time when most of the competition were happy to regurgitate the Hammer Horror format. I'd go for it if I were you...



Smudge

[Foster twelvetrees]

I'd second that - destinctive from Hammer's output though classic British horror nevertheless. You must be able to get if for a fiver somewhere - that's not too much of a gamble!!!

[Aaryk Noctivagus]

Thanks for the replies folks



Are there any voices against?

[dogstar]

By complete coincidence I mentioned this in the Best British Horror Movies thread yesterday - always been a fan of it. Some interesting faces in the cast ( including if memory serves a young Geoffrey 'Eddie Yates' Hughes ) and a nice brooding atmosphere and it looks good even though it was obviously done on a low budget.

[Carmel]

I'v got the film myself Aarky and i love it but everyone to their own taste a lot hate it well people i know but then again i love horrors.

[Pye]

to be fair gvs did it shot by shot because he was contracted by the studio and wanted to show how pointless a remake was. Anyway, blood on sd... Linda hayden's best performance but nothing special in my book, i think there's an unnecessary rape scene too. So a no from me!

[tali122]

linda hayden in the buff tempting the priest - what a scene!

[davidb]

recently seen a bootleg dvd of this advertised on a trashy american b movie site ,claims to be uncut ,scarier ,ruder etc version ,already have the tigon collection one ,are there different edits of this film out there ?

[Shadwell]

I have the offical DVD myself. You just want to see more of Linda Hayden, don't you? I don't blame you! As far as I'm aware the DVD contains all of the film. If there is another version out there, then like yourself, I want it!

[JamesM]

Yes, the DVD has the cuts restored.

[michaelswings]

detail of the uncut version BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW

its a excelltn buy great extras

[davidb]

yes i would like to see more of linda hayden ! purely for research purposes you understand ! suppose the best thing to do is ask the website themselves ,ill let everyone know how i get on

[duffy moon]

I bought this a couple of years ago and can truly state that it is excellent. I wasn't aware of it being the uncut version, as it apparently is, so I can't compare it with the Tigon box set version. Suffice to note, as someone slightly more erudite than I put it, 'It is so realistic that it actually looks as if it was filmed in the 1600's'.

Get it at all costs (well at 12.99 at any rate).

[davidb]

its funny how a few horror films of the late 60s /early 70s looked authentic in a what you would imagine to be 1600 s way ,witchfinder general being another obvious one

[tali122]

They did show the uncut version on TV many years ago- Linda Hayden in all her glory!