Blood on Satan's Claw

[Earth 2 Chris]

I was curious about this movie a long time ago because it has two people connected to Doctor Who in it. I don't know if it's the dreariness or the violence but I can't sit through this. Never was a fan of Satanic stuff in general. I don't know if there is one Tygon horror movie I like.

Glad it's not just me. For some reason I thought other British films I had seen were Tigon and weren't, like Legend of the Werewolf, the kinda-sorta-sequel to Hammer's Curse of the Werewolf. Turns out the only other Tigon film I have watched is Witchfinder General. Despite it's VERY bleak nature, I like that one, if only due to Vincent Price's excellent, completely camp-free performance.

I've never been big on satanic movies either. Just not my bag. But I thought based on reputation I'd enjoy this one. Not so much.

[palitoy]

I was curious about this movie a long time ago because it has two people connected to Doctor Who in it. I don't know if it's the dreariness or the violence but I can't sit through this. Never was a fan of Satanic stuff in general. I don't know if there is one Tygon horror movie I like.

[Jorge Galvan]

NOT! What you were asking and talking about and not even related (Different Studios) but maybe something of some interest.

https://bleedingcool.com/movies/90th-anniversary-hammer-films-documentary-filmed-at-blacks-in-soho/

Make of it what you will.

[phil]

I first saw it a year or two ago and was a bit underwhelmed. A good movie but I didn’t think it was as great as what I had been reading for years.

[Earth 2 Chris]

After hearing about Blood on Satan's Claw for years, I finally watched it on Tubi this past weekend. I was really looking forward to it after hearing such good things, how it was a paragon of folk horror and up there with Witchfinder General and The Wicker Man. Since I liked Hammer alums Linda Hayden and Barry Andrews, I expected to enjoy it.

Well.... I liked a few parts of it. I do have to say that the ending was probably one of the most unsatisfying of just about any film I've seen. The music didn't fit many of the scenes at all and took me out of the tension the film was setting up. The storyline doesn't seem to make any sense. If they are "building" the devil from the skin grown on the young villagers, what attacked the woman and the guy at the beginning? Why did the woman have the devil claws? What happened to the scratched up old woman? Where did the priest go at the end? What was so special about this sword that the judge had draped over like it was some kind of holy artifact? Why did he let things get so horrible before returning?

Just too many questions for me. If its someone's favorite film, great for you, but it's one of the rare 70s British productions (Hammer, Amicus and other Tigon films) I just didnt' care for in the end, despite a great performance by Linda Hayden and a strong cast otherwise.