BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW (1970) coming to blu-ray

[Richard--W a straight arrow Find all posts View Profile Close Richard--W]

Odeon Entertainment brings one of England's finest to blu-ray April 22:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Satans...glnk-uk-c47-21

Uncut and anamorphic.
All the supplements from the special edition DVD are being ported over plus newly recorded commentaries with Linda Hayden's participation.

Who wouldn't Buy It Now?

[Marshall Crist Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Marshall Crist]

I bought both previous UK DVDs and am more than ready for this Blu-ray.

[Clive Smith noodle doodle Find all posts View Profile Close Clive Smith]

Me too. The last UK DVD release (Odeon, 2010) was from a new HD master and looked superb, so the upgrade should look especially lovely. Hope they use original poster art.

[Apronikoff Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Apronikoff]

Day one buy for me. Awesome news!

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Ooh, that is good news. This one's sadly neglected by a lot of horror fans. I guess it's partly down to the lack of a region 1 disc for so long.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Yeah, I'm all over this. It's a movie that really should be better known domestically and Andrew, you're probably right, it's likely got a lot to do with it not being available easily. I've got both of the UK DVDs too and will happily double dip again for this one.

Thanks for posting this Richard.

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[Lee Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lee]

Less than a month until this one is released now. I just pre-ordered my copy from Amazon.

BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW is one of my absolute favourite British horror films. It's one of the best horror films of the 1970's full stop, in my humble opinion. I had actually pestered Odeon about releasing this on Blu-ray a few times last year. It always seemed like a no-brainer following their essential Blu-ray of WITCHFINDER GENERAL.

[Richard--W a straight arrow Find all posts View Profile Close Richard--W]

I agree with the gentleman from Bristol, whomever he is. BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW is one of England's finest horror films, period. It evokes creepy things out of earthiness, folklore and perhaps jurisprudence. Plus the girls are good-looking. I wallow in the ambiance. It is superbly photographed. Piers Haggard delivered this film ship-shape in Bristol fashion.

I'm buying it before reading the reviews.

The score by Marc Wilkinson is a unique approach to the horror film and infinitely more effective because of it. The soundtrack is essential. Buy It Now:



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...F8&me=&seller=

[Lalala76 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lalala76]

If the information is correct, it looks like NSM in Germany are releasing this on UHD in several different mediabook variations in March

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

For anyone interested, I wrote an essay about the role of The Judge in THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW for the 5th special issue of Horror Homeroom. I tried to situate the character within both the context of the film's setting and the subgenre of witch-hunting films. The full journal can be found here:

http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/wp-con...atans-Claw.pdf




If you want to go straight to my essay, it's also available on the Horror Homeroom website: http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/i-shal...adicalisation/

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Very cool!

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

Thanks, Ian!

[BW Haggar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BW Haggar]

'..Satan's Claw' was officially my favourite horror film the last time I looked, so I need to get on with reading this - thanks for the link.

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

Finally got a copy of this from the Severin sale.