The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) Special 4k Remastered Limited Edition (Screenbound)

[OgamiittoMcJ]

Release Date: 10th June 2019

Scanned from a 4K masters - Limited to 4000 copies
with a host of brand new extras.

One of the greatest British horror films of all time! A human skull is unearthed in a small, isolated 18th century English village
and the children of the village form themselves into a secret, murderous coven.
Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden and Wendy Padbury star.

Extras:
Underneath Satan’s Skin: Interview with Piers Haggard (Director) and Robert Wynne-Simmons (writer)
Commentary with Piers Haggard, Robert Wynne-Simmons and Linda Hayden,
Commentary with Mark Gattis, Jeremy Dyson and Reece Shersmith,
Touching The Devil – The Making of Blood on Satan’s Claw,
Interview with Director Piers Haggard,
Theatrical Trailer,
A 20-minute preview of the audiobook by Mark Gatiss,
Interview with MARC WILKINSON (composer),
Interview with TONY DAWE (sound mixer)
Interview with SIMON WILLIAMS (actor) 16 Page Booklet, written by Mark Morris Postcards Poster

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-B...lu-ray/207855/

[malcy30]

Hopefully quickly closed.
Already discussed in the relevant thread, with last post only a few days ago.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=214995

[OgamiittoMcJ]

Originally Posted by malcy30

Hopefully quickly closed.
Already discussed in the relevant thread, with last post only a few days ago.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=214995

aw come on
Limited Edition so should have own thread
will let mods decide

[OgamiittoMcJ]

Amazon have this listed as Collector's Boxset

anyone any info on that ?

[Dickieduvet]

Originally Posted by OgamiittoMcJ

Amazon have this listed as Collector's Boxset

anyone any info on that ?

Scanned from a 4K masters - Limited to 3000 copies with a host of brand new extras. One of the greatest British horror films of all time! A human skull is unearthed in a small, isolated 18th century English village and the children of the village form themselves into a secret, murderous coven. Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden and Wendy Padbury star.


Probably what the delay is for, perhaps some bumpf...book, poster, stick on unibrow!

[Big-D]

Extras and artwork are up on Amazon : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DTXL6...v_ov_lig_dp_it

Underneath Satan’s Skin: Interview with Piers Haggard (Director) and Robert Wynne-Simmons (writer)
Commentary with Piers Haggard, Robert Wynne-Simmons and Linda Hayden,
Commentary with Mark Gattis, Jeremy Dyson and Reece Shersmith,
Touching The Devil – The Making of Blood on Satan’s Claw,
Interview with Director Piers Haggard,
Theatrical Trailer,
A 20-minute preview of the audiobook by Mark Gatiss,
Interview with MARC WILKINSON (composer),
Interview with TONY DAWE (sound mixer)
Interview with SIMON WILLIAMS (actor) 16 Page Booklet, written by Mark Morris Postcards Poster.

[Shingster]

Artwork's looking good.

So new interviews with Wilkinson, Dawe, and Williams, and I assume the Underneath Satan's Skin is a new interview with the Director & Writer as well?

[Kakihara]

Nice artwork and some cool extras! Glad I got my preorder in back last August lol.

[babybreese]

Great news, this should best what ever Severin comes up with.

[Killer Meteor]

I understand there are two titles sequences, one UK and one US.The previous BD used the US one, which mispelled Tigon as Tigron.

[Dickieduvet]

Underneath Satan’s Skin: Interview with Piers Haggard (Director) and Robert Wynne-Simmons (writer)
Commentary with Piers Haggard, Robert Wynne-Simmons and Linda Hayden,
Commentary with Mark Gattis, Jeremy Dyson and Reece Shersmith,
Touching The Devil – The Making of Blood on Satan’s Claw,
Interview with Director Piers Haggard,
Theatrical Trailer,
A 20-minute preview of the audiobook by Mark Gatiss,
Interview with MARC WILKINSON (composer),
Interview with TONY DAWE (sound mixer)
Interview with SIMON WILLIAMS (actor) 16 Page Booklet, written by Mark Morris Postcards Poster.

So, these are the new additions but we've lost the interview with Linda Hayden from the original Odeon release.

[ste71]

Mark Gatiss - ugh. Pompous t**t. Just as well I don't buy these films for the extras.

[Killer Meteor]

Originally Posted by ste71

Mark Gatiss - ugh. Pompous t**t. Just as well I don't buy these films for the extras.

What did he ever do to you?

[ste71]

Originally Posted by Killer Meteor

What did he ever do to you?

Are you his mum?

[Killer Meteor]

Originally Posted by ste71

Are you his mum?

Step-uncle actually

[Gorgon]

I principally know Gatiss from his "History of Horror" vids and they are imho, excellent. Most of them can be pulled up on YT.

[Shingster]

I think it was in the US where it was released as The Blood on Satan's Claw, UK posters of the time don't have the "The" as you say. It definitely wasn't something added for the DVD release. Plenty of vintage posters out there with "The" on them, most have the US "R" rating on them.

Of course the film's own opening title cards state The Blood on Satan's Claw so you can argue that this is the film's true title and the posters just got it wrong.

[Killer Meteor]

Originally Posted by Shingster

I think it was in the US where it was released as The Blood on Satan's Claw, UK posters of the time don't have the "The" as you say. It definitely wasn't something added for the DVD release. Plenty of vintage posters out there with "The" on them, most have the US "R" rating on them.

Of course the film's own opening title cards state The Blood on Satan's Claw so you can argue that this is the film's true title and the posters just got it wrong.

That's the US titles, which misspel the production company as Tigron.

[Shingster]

Originally Posted by Killer Meteor

That's the US titles, which misspel the production company as Tigron.

Dangnamit I knew that and completely forgot about it! I don't get enough opportunities to talk about this film to keep my memory fresh!

[Witchfinger Generous]

Originally Posted by Andyfan

It was never called THE back in the day when it was first released. And there are plenty of film posters around which don't have THE on them. It seems to have been added when it first appeared on dvd. I don't recall whether it was the dvd or the Blu where the titles were recreated and screwed up with several spelling mistakes so they can't be trusted as accurate.

I've always gone by the opening title credits on the movie - or rather the DVD/BD - itself. I had no idea they'd been recreated at some point. Do you know if there was a reason for that?

Originally Posted by Shingster

I think it was in the US where it was released as The Blood on Satan's Claw, UK posters of the time don't have the "The" as you say. It definitely wasn't something added for the DVD release. Plenty of vintage posters out there with "The" on them, most have the US "R" rating on them.

Of course the film's own opening title cards state The Blood on Satan's Claw so you can argue that this is the film's true title and the posters just got it wrong.

Interesting stuff, chaps. Cheers! I've been a fan of the movie ever since I saw it on TV in the '70s, but I've never looked into the background of it (because I'm usually more interested in the story being told than the storytellers themselves).

But this prompted me to have a cursory dig around the net to settle my own curiosity.

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From Wikipedia:

[Director Piers] Haggard says there were a number of titles:

"It was initially The Devil's Touch and then Satan’s Skin. I think Satan's Skin is the best title. When it was sold to America, this wonderful old showman Sam Arkoff of AIP bought it and they released it as Blood on Satan's Claw. Tony Tenser then changed the title and I thought that was a bit infra-dig, a bit naff. So I think Satan's Skin was my favourite."


From IMDb:

US release date: 14 April 1971
UK release date: 16 July 1971

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So... the American distributor gave the movie the name we all know it by, the US posters were printed, including The in the title and the movie was released in the US three months before the UK saw it. Tony Tenser, (the UK distributor?) went along with the US title for the eventual UK release, but the UK quads dropped the definitive article for whatever reason. A genuine error, or maybe it sounded slightly snappier? M'luds, this leads me to conclude (only for myself, of course ) that the movie's title is, indeed, The Blood on Satan's Claw.

Having waffled somewhat, I do like Haggard's preferred Satan's Skin as a title.