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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.
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) is a horror film directed by Piers Haggard, released on January 28, 1971 with a runtime of 1h 36m. It stars Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews and Michele Dotrice. Viewers rate it 6.2 out of 10 across 173 ratings.
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Patrick Wymark
as The Judge
Linda Hayden
as Angel Blake
Barry Andrews
as Ralph Gower
Michele Dotrice
as Margaret
Wendy Padbury
as Cathy Vespers
Anthony Ainley
as Reverend Fallowfield
Charlotte Mitchell
as Ellen Vespers
Tamara Ustinov
as Rosalind Barton
Simon Williams
as Peter Edmonton
James Hayter
as Squire Middleton
Howard Goorney
as The Doctor
Avice Landone
as Isobel Banham
Directed by Piers Haggard, written by Robert Wynne-Simmons, produced by Peter L. Andrews and Malcolm B. Heyworth.
Average viewer score of 6.2/10 from 173 ratings.
Tigon's Talons. Out of Tigon Productions comes The Blood On Satan's Claw. Directed by Piers Haggard (who co-writes with Robert Wynne-Simmons) it stars Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews, Michele Dotrice & Wendy Padbury. Story is set in rural 17th century England and sees a village fall under demonic possession after a living one eyed skull is unearthed by the local ploughman. Well it's quite a title the…
Reviewed on October 18, 2019
***Creepy, unsettling, unconventional, realistic and artistic, but also tedious*** In the early 1700s, devil worship rears its sinister head in a village in England. Barry Andrews (who looks like Roger Daltrey) plays the young man who initially acquires evidence of the deviltry while Patrick Wymark plays the investigator and Anthony Ainley the minister. The young females include Tamara Ustinov (Rosalind), Linda…
Reviewed on March 27, 2020
Few films make their intentions quite as efficiently as *The Blood on Satan's Claw*. Ralph ploughs an apparently ordinary field, turns over something that should have remained underneath it, and finds a decayed skull with a living eye staring back. Rural idyll, meet problem. That image does an enormous amount of work. The evil here is not arriving from somewhere else. It is unearthed. Something buried beneath the…
Reviewed on August 25, 2026
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The main cast of The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) includes Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews, Michele Dotrice and Wendy Padbury. The film was directed by Piers Haggard. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
The Blood on Satan's Claw was released on January 28, 1971 and runs for 1h 36m.
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) holds an average rating of 6.2 out of 10 from 173 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy horror films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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