---
title: 'Blood on Satan''s Claw (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Piers Haggard'
released: '1971-04-14'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/blood-on-satans-claw-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066849/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)

1971 · 93 min · Horror, History · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Blood on Satan's Claw, originally released as Satan's Skin, is a 1971 British period supernatural horror film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, and Barry Andrews. Set in early 18th-century England, it follows the residents of a rural village whose youth fall under the influence of a demonic presence after a local farmer unearths a mysterious deformed skull buried in a field. It is widely regarded as one of three films that introduced the folk horror aesthetic to British cinema, an "unholy trinity" whose other entries are Witchfinder General (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Piers Haggard](https://cinepixo.com/people/piers-haggard)
- **Screenplay:** [Piers Haggard](https://cinepixo.com/people/piers-haggard), [Robert Wynne-Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wynne-simmons)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marc Wilkinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-wilkinson)
- **Producer:** [Tony Tenser](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-tenser)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dick Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-bush)
- **Editor:** [Richard Best](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-best)

## Cast

- [Patrick Wymark](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-wymark)
- [Wendy Padbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-padbury) as Cathy Vespers
- [Barry Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-andrews) as Ralph Gower
- [Michele Dotrice](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-dotrice) as Margaret
- [Linda Hayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-hayden) as Angel Blake
- [James Hayter](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hayter) as Squire Middleton
- [Avice Landone](https://cinepixo.com/people/avice-landone) as Isobel Banham
- [Anthony Ainley](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-ainley) as Reverend Fallowfield
- [Charlotte Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-mitchell) as Ellen
- [Simon Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-williams) as Peter Edmonton
- [Tamara Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamara-ustinov) as Rosalind Barton

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