In den Krallen des Hexenjägers

Originaltitel: The Blood on Satan's Claw

1971
R
1 Std. 37 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,4/10

8067

IHRE BEWERTUNG

In seventeenth-century England, the children of a village slowly convert into a coven of Devil worshipers.

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Folk Horror Horror

Horror-Thriller aus dem England des 18. Jahrhunderts über die Kinder eines Dorfes, das sich langsam in einen Hexenzirkel von Teufelsanbetern verwandelt.Horror-Thriller aus dem England des 18. Jahrhunderts über die Kinder eines Dorfes, das sich langsam in einen Hexenzirkel von Teufelsanbetern verwandelt.Horror-Thriller aus dem England des 18. Jahrhunderts über die Kinder eines Dorfes, das sich langsam in einen Hexenzirkel von Teufelsanbetern verwandelt.

Regie
- Piers Haggard
Drehbuch
- Robert Wynne-Simmons
- Piers Haggard
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,4/10

8067

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Piers Haggard
Drehbuch
- Robert Wynne-Simmons
- Piers Haggard
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Isobel Banham
(as Avice Landon)

Robin Davies

Mark Vespers

Peter Ardran

The Devil
(Nicht genannt)

John Ash

Coven member
(Nicht genannt)

Peter Avella

Villager
(Nicht genannt)

John Clifford

Villager
(Nicht genannt)

Les Conrad

Villager
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
The film was originally conceived as three stories that would play out separately, but all have the unearthed remains of Satan being the linking factor between them. The stories of Peter Edmonton and his mad fiance, the possessed village children, and the Judge's battle with evil were all at first supposed to take place independently. However, when the script was rewritten, it was decided that the plots should be combined to create one central story.

Patzer
There are two spelling errors in the opening titles: the production company is called Tigron instead of Tigon (in the copyright notice beneath the main title), and screen veteran James Hayter is billed as James Hoyter.

Zitate
The Judge: I give you His Catholic Majesty King James III, may God bless him and keep him in exile

Crazy Credits
The date on the opening credits is 1970, despite the 1971 release.

Alternative Versionen
The UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to edit the rape scene and shots of a naked girl dancing in front of a knife-wielding boy. The cuts were fully restored in the 2003 Anchor Bay DVD release.

Verbindungen
Featured in Movie Macabre: Blood on Satan's Claw (1982)

Benutzerrezensionen103

Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

6/10

Weird and Cult Horror Film

In the XVIII Century, in the countryside of England, the landsman Ralph Gower (Barry Andrews) finds a skull with one eye and fur on the field. He summons the local judge (Patrick Wymark) to see his finding but it has disappeared. Meanwhile the local Peter Edmonton (Simon Williams) brings his fiancée Rosalind Barton (Tamara Ustinov) to his aunt's house to marry her on the next day. However during the night Rosalind becomes insane and in the morning she is sent to an asylum and Peter sees a claw that has replaced her hand. Then Peter wakes up with a claw attacking him and he cuts it out, but he finds that he has hacked down his own hand. The local children have a strange behavior under the command of Angel Blake (Linda Hayden) and they rape and kill others. In common, they have a strange fur on their skin. The judge returns from London and concludes that evil has possessed the children. What will he and his search party do?

"The Blood on Satan's Claw" is a weird and cult British horror film. The plot is very strange and original but some scenes are sort of disconnected. The beauty of Linda Hayden tempting the reverend is worthwhile watching. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "O Estigma de Satanás" ("The Stigma of Satan")

Note: On 28 Sep 2019 I saw this film again.