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188. The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) & Witchfinder General (1968)
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1 hour 24 minutes
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188. The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) & Witchfinder General (1968)
This week, we discuss two pioneering British folk horror films.
The first is The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971). 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.
The second is Witchfinder General (1968). The film is a heavily fictionalised account of the murderous witch-hunting exploits of Matthew Hopkins, a lawyer who falsely claimed to have been appointed as a Witchfinder General by Parliament during the English Civil War to root out sorcery and witchcraft.
Timestamps
What we’ve been watching (00:00:30) – The Summit, King & Conqueror, Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
The Blood on Satan’s Claw (00:17:55)
Witchfinder General (00:48:30)
Coin toss (01:21:50)
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