Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

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

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • #16
    Artwork for an upcoming German UHD release.

    Click image for larger version

Name:	FiMkqecVQAAPVm4.jpg
Views:	302
Size:	92.6 KB
ID:	404699
    Rock! Shock! Pop!

    Comment


    • #17
      Supposedly the current German UHD is a shitty AI upscale harvested of its grain. Don't know if this will just be the same or not, probably just a re-release. Awesome cover though.

      The novelization has just come out, getting it for Christmas if I'm a good boy and don't go out and kill again...
      I'm bitter, I'm twisted, James Joyce is fucking my sister.

      Comment


      • #18
        Originally posted by agent999 View Post
        The novelization has just come out, getting it for Christmas if I'm a good boy and don't go out and kill again...
        Wow, I had no idea this was happening.

        On the one hand, the idea of publishing a novelization of a film 50+ years after the fact seems kind of ridiculous, but on the other hand... I'm such a 'Blood on Satan's Claw' fanatic, I'm fairly sure I need to read it, and will enjoy it. On the list it goes...

        https://breakfastintheruins.blogspot.com/
        http://stereosanctity.blogspot.com/

        Comment


        • #19
          Originally posted by BW Haggar View Post

          Wow, I had no idea this was happening.

          On the one hand, the idea of publishing a novelization of a film 50+ years after the fact seems kind of ridiculous, but on the other hand... I'm such a 'Blood on Satan's Claw' fanatic, I'm fairly sure I need to read it, and will enjoy it. On the list it goes...
          There's was an audio adaptation done 4 years ago featuring half of the League of Gentlemen as well as Linda Hayden.

          CDs of it are available on bandcamp https://thescarifyers.bandcamp.com/a...on-satans-claw



          The best audio/radio adaptation of a film I've listened to is An American Werewolf in London (1997), made for BBC Radio 1, which expands on the original scripts etc.

          fatboyslim142
          Senior Member
          Last edited by fatboyslim142; 11-30-2022, 03:12 PM.

          Comment


          • #20
            Severin has reported that Piers Haggard has passed away.
            Rock! Shock! Pop!

            Comment


            • #21
              Shame he didn't do more theatrical movies. His Quatermass series/film was pretty unique.

              His daughter is quite a familiar face on British TV.
              I'm bitter, I'm twisted, James Joyce is fucking my sister.

              Comment


              • #22
                I'm very sorry to hear this news.

                I've often listed 'Blood on Satan's Claw' as my favourite film of all time, so I definitely need to give Haggard props.

                Speaking about it in interviews, he always seemed very serious and intense, which might help explain why he never managed to obtain much of a follow-up career in features. (I mean, I'm sure it was this approach which led to the film turning out as brilliantly as it did, but it probably wasn't quite the vibe the likes of Tony Tenser or Deke Heywood were looking for in the mid '70s, I can only imagine.)

                I also really like his 'Quatermass' series - it's odd, and disturbing, and perpetually underrated - and you've also got to admire his chutzpah for stepping in to take over 'Venom' after Tobe Hooper bailed, and actually delivering a half-decent movie. (What was his famous quote on that one? "The friendliest person on set was the snake," or words to that effect.)

                RIP.
                https://breakfastintheruins.blogspot.com/
                http://stereosanctity.blogspot.com/

                Comment

                Working...
                X