1971 · horror · folk · british
Blood on Satan's Claw
Directed by Piers Haggard1h 36m1971
After a landsman in 18th century England discovers a corpse covered in fur buried in a field, the town becomes infected by "the devil's skin," leading the local children to engage in demonic rituals and criminal behavior.
Our read: Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · folk · british entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured horror / folk, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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