Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)

Criminally Underseen, 11 February 2005

While plowing a field, a young man uncovers what he believes to be the devil. Soon, all the children and young people in the tiny village are performing pagan rituals in the woods. Very nice movie.

Blood on Satan's Claw is loaded with that key ingredient: ATMOSPHERE. Good acting by a cast of British horror regulars, although none are very well known. Linda Hayden is just so deliciously evil as the leader of the cult. It's too bad the movie didn't feature a "big" name actor. Blood on Satan's Claw would probably get the attention it deserves if it had. The ending was the only let down as far as I'm concerned.

With a decent DVD transfer, my overall enjoyment of the movie might actually increase. The copy I have is a very old VHS that I bought used at a video store.

7/10