#Blood on satans claw

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Horror movie diary 26/01/25 - 03/02/25 Week 1 🎉

I’m hoping at some point to start making tik-toks about horror movies since I watch a lot and used to write about horror for a site when I was younger but I haven’t got round to filming yet .

I thought it would be fun if i had a little diary on here and my spacehey just talking about my thoughts on what I watched each week.

I watch pretty much any horror film regardless of quality and year of release so hopefully these will be pretty diverse.

I will try my best to be vague as possible but for certain releases I will have to put mild spoiler warnings.

My letterboxd is @cenosprite also if you are interested

The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016) & The Conjuring : The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

My partner and I watched the mainline Conjuring films to prep for the new Conjuring coming out in September.

I think I had seen only the first one when I was a teen so the second and third instalments were brand new to me.

These films are fun watches but nothing to write home about, the second one was my favourite out of the 3 and The Devil made me do it was definitely the weakest.

The concept of utilising the Warren’s cases as a basis for the franchise is very smart but for some reason there is a refusal to use their strongest and most famous cases in the mainline franchise. We get an Annabelle spin off but we don’t SEE the Warrens work the Annabelle case and we see glimpses of Amityville but no Amityville film ? This to me is why the second was the most successful it’s a recognisable case which demonstrates the strength of the concept while the third is a weak case that doesn’t translate well to film.

I am *hoping* we get a stronger case in Last Rites, but with the trend in religious horror we may get more literal possession like The Devil Made Me Do It and less fun creatures, which would be a shame.

Insidious 1- 4(2010,2013,2015,2018)

Again this was prep for the sixth instalment coming out in 2026.

The films are not great to begin with, but, like most of the Waniverse, are fun enough to be watchable. That being said there is a SHARP decline in quality in the 3rd film.

It’s like the series has an identity crisis when it loses the lambert family and also has to do time skips to bring back the in universe character that knows about the astral plane. I know i have another 1 to watch, and I hear they are an improvement , but my hopes are not high.

Presence (2025) *Spoilers* (If you don’t read and are planning on seeing this blind I do want to TW this film for SA)

The marketing for this film was all over the place.

Firstly, it is barely a horror and more of a family drama with a supernatural gimmick.

The POV element was cool , it was giving Hitchcock but not as stylish and the fact all of the shots were done in one take is very impressive.

The writing of this was messy. There were plots that led no where and a horrible incel monologue and SA scene which was horrible to watch. Our hand was also held with the twist which honestly just makes it feel like the writers think we are dumb.

I maintain that if you have a SA scene in your movie on screen then that is some freak shit and I don’t Fuck with you xoxo SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS NOT TO BE USED AS A MOVIE GOTCHA.

Companion (2025) * Spoilers* (If you don’t read please go watch this movie )

This was the Secret Horror Screening this month at Cineworld and i am so STOKED about it.

As a girly who write a third of her Dissertation on the use of sex and robotics in literature this was EVERYTHING to me.

The film was so funny and it did its research!! We got both hetero and queer couples utilising robots which is so good to see. We got AI sentience , we got a DV revenge story AND my favourite trope (shout out Jeanette Winterson) Queer bots forsaking their programming for love.

Peeping Tom (1960)

Now this is how you do POV in horror!

Such a classic, I LOVE LOVE LOVE psychosexual horror and I am so glad Michael Powell got his flowers for this.

The camera as a phallic allegory, the challenging of 1960s British sexual repression *Chef’s Kiss*

Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)

Love the story of this and the fx were cool and goopy!

Unfortunately there is an explicit grape scene that was of the time but still unneeded and uncomfortable.

The nods to Witchfinder General were very cool and i am glad they pushed for 18th century instead of victorian it definitely feels way more effective for the story.

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2018)

This was fun enough. It definitely follows many of the predictable class commentary that is everywhere at the moment.

It did have some funny moments and was poking fun at a lot of GenZ trends which will make this age badly.

Ultimately it was a laugh and funny if for nothing else, for Pete Davidson declaring his fuckability with his whole pussy while looking like the chicken little duck.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey & Winnie the Pooh : Blood and Honey 2

Like 4 Poohniverse films are being released this year so we decided to watch these in preparation.

I don’t think I need to explain how truly bad the first film is after it winning 5 razzies but… its BAD.

The second film was fun and made fun of itself which made it far more enjoyable than the first.

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“horror movies of the 1970s reflect some of the grim social developments of the decade. fortunately, when society goes bad, horror films get good. in the 1970s horror makes its way back into the cultural spotlight. horror movies dealing with contemporary social issues and addressing genuine psychological fears were big hits during the decade.”

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10 Folk Horror Movies To Consider For October/Halloween

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The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) dir. Piers Haggard

[liefst]

my friend threw her 30th birthday party at this old school turned cinema that we used to go to when we were undergraduates. they played silent movies for us

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Linda Hayden in "The Blood On Satan's Claw"

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The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) dir. Piers Haggard

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The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) - VHS cover

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Anthony Ainley as Reverend Fallowfield in The Blood On Satan's Claw (1971)

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Blood on Satan's Claw

The recording of Bafflegab Productions' Blood on Satan's Claw, an audio drama version of the 1971 film.

Mark Gatiss played Squire Middleton and Reece Shearsmith played Reverend Fallowfield. The cast also featured Linda Hayden, who played Angel Blake in the original film. The original film is a favourite of the League. Mark, Reece and Jeremy Dyson recorded a commentary track for the 2005 special edition release.

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horror sub-genres: folk horror

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The Blood On Satan's Claw (1971)

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The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) dir. Piers Haggard