Joe Dante on BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW

[@justincarr8178]

I'm a Brit and I love this film so much.I remember watching it as a kid on a lil black and white T.V and it terrified me,it's so well done,The Wicker Man is my fave film Horror or otherwise but this comes pretty close behind as does Vampyres (1974) and Deathline /Raw Meat ,I could write a long chapter on just how great BOSC is but you all know this.

[@YourJellyFishAteMyTV]

One of the most beautifully filmed horrors. Absolutely stunning and Linda Hayden is so brilliant in this film.

[@BLUEsurf63]

Agree, a classic british folk horror, the music by Marc Wilkinson is wonderful.

[@marinapeache3113]

I love this classic 70's horror film. Beautiful Linda Hayden was amazing all the cast were great it's one of these horrors that you can watch many times and it still excites me😍

[@AubreySciFi]

I had heard of this film but never saw it till about a year ago. It's a real classic! So well done on every level: directing, acting, score and cinematography. Well worth watching.

[@meerkat7406]

Scared the you know what out of me when I was a kid. Very original and scary.

[@stephensaxby2820]

One of the best and scariest British horror films not just of the nineteen seventies but also of all time.

[@toddholmes4480]

I Love, Love, Love this film! One of the best witchcraft themed movies ever.

[@jamescameron8715]

This film was incredibly well done -- directing; acting performances; even the musical score adds to the underlying sense of evil -- Linda Hayden got my attention in one of the Hammer Studios "Dracula" films (with Christopher Lee) before I saw her in "Blood On Satan's Claw"

[@sinta_bique]

There's something utterly unique and disturbing about 70's horror

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very,very true.

[@esean1]

A title like "Blood on Satan's Claw" has me thinking "Why am I not watching this right f**king now?!?"

[@roberttownsend9223]

The movie was made on a tiny budget but it looks like a million dollar production (in 1970s terms) It made very little impact in England or America and to this day it has barley broken even. This was the only film made by the directer who went back to making TV commercials. Christopher Lee was asked to star in the movie but his fee was too high, so Patrick Wymark got the part of the avenging Justice. But tragedy was to follow as Wymark who was in his mid-40s, died suddenly a few weeks after the shooting finished. This was his best work and he had become a great character actor. This great movie is long overdue for reappraisal and deserves to be much better known.

[@joemadden4160]

Very good example of "folk" horror.

[@TheYoungDoctor]

01:11 The Master and Zoe from Doctor Who 01:24 "Ooh Betty!!!"

[@midlandredux]

I saw a bad print of this on a late night horror show as a kid and was surprised. Because, even dark and choppy, it had atmosphere and it was GOOD.

[@davidlaw689]

As a kid it scared the bejeezus out of me.

[@TsukiumisGuy]

The eerie score by Marc Wilkinson was finally released on CD in 2007 and is now sold out but can still be found on ebay and other sites at sometimes outrageous prices. The score can be found on Amazon as a digital download for $8.99! Its an amazing atmospheric score!

[@VonWenk]

I downloaded it off iTunes, so I'd be surprised if it wasn't still available there.

[@johnpendarvis7885]

I saw this at a Drive In double feature with The Gorgon back in the early 70's. Both are great films.

[@nichttuntun3364]

Truly a great one.

[@swartstudio]

Thanks to review I checked this out and I bloody loved it! Thank you.

[@martindeewan686]

Linda Hayden, amazing.

[@Woodwose47]

I never realised Betty Spencer (Michele Dotrice) was in this film, Ooh Betty ! great film btw.

[@danw1374]

Michelle was in 'And soon the darkness' (1970)

[@Deepurplerain]

Arf,ok gotta rewatch it but i got hard time with the bleak image of the 70's brit horror movies(The asphyx..), Linda Hayden is disturbinly attractive and so precocious.

[@dainhuston999]

I'm 50 years old saw this on sinister cinema on channel 2 in Portland Oregon in 1972 or 73 never forgot the movie & then didn't see Lynda Hayden's nude seen edited for T.V. Wow! unforgettable thank God for movie madness in Portland Oregon I found the movie about 6 years ago finally saw Lynda Hayden's famous nude seen that aside the cinematography is they nail it the whole country side they put you there movie magic simply at it's best cinema magnificent as Ingrid Pitt of Hammer films would say

[@VonWenk]

I agree that the movie betrays its episodic roots. Does anyone see similarities in theme between this Piers Haggard's Quatermass from the late '70s?

[@ianf.macfarlane3886]

VonWenk I suppose there are certain stylistic touches, but to be fair he was never going to better this, probably the best example of "folk horror" next to Witchfinder General and The Wicker Man.

[@VonWenk]

Marc Wilkerson doing music could count as a stylistic similarity, but mainly I was thinking of the young being influenced by an outside malevolent force and roaming in packs.

[@VonWenk]

I meant to say "Marc Wilkerson doing music on both."

[@spookedhorse]

I met a dude here on youtube who lives pretty close to most of the filming locations. He has posted a few clips for me of the church ruins and the farmhouse. Best horror flick of the 70's, as far as I'm concerned. Here's a link to one of the clips: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noHZqGN9jNinrtU

[@MasaM-c2c]

It's cult classic!

[@Master_Blackthorne]

Try 17th century England.

[@jublywubly]

1:28 It's mediaeval, not "midevil".

[@only257]

Never heard of this movie