THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW-1971-This middle ages witchcraft tale was made by the same studio (Tigon) that produced THE PATHFINDER GENERAL (aka CONQUERER WORM in the US).
The devil seems to be taking over the children in a tiny English village. Their kind of leader and chief instigator is Angel (Linda Hayden; who got very well known at the time because of her nude scene). They kill several children and one girl is raped. Meanwhile the pompous squire (James Hayter) thinks the local minister (Anthony Ainley) is to blame. Patrick Wymark (who died shortly after finishing this) is The Judge and Simon Williams is a local who chops off his own hand. Despite a few dumb parts TBOSC is very atmospheric and entertaining. Barry Andrews and Tamara Ustinov are also in it.
Director Piers Haggard worked mostly in British TV but made other films including THE FIENDISH PLOT OF DR. FU MANCHU (Peter Sellers last) and VENOM.
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