The Blood on Satan's Claw 4K UHD (88 Films)

[cooey]

The Blood on Satan's Claw 4K Blu-ray

On BD also.



25th March, 2024

Brand new 4K Remaster from the Original Negatives presented in Ultra High Definition (2160p) in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
Presented in Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR10 Compatible)
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
Also Included LPCM 2.0 English Mono Optional English Subtitles
Audio Commentary by director Piers Haggard actress Linda Hayden and writer Robert Wynne-Simmons
Audio Commentary with British Film Experts Vic Pratt and William Fowler
Satan’s Skin - Robert Wynne-Simmons on The Blood on Satan’s Claw
The Devil’s Business - Wendy Padbury on The Blood on Satan’s Claw
Folk Horror - Kier-La Janisse on The Blood on Satan’s Claw
Tigon Tales of Terror featurette with Michael Armstrong, Piers Haggard, Christopher Neame, Tony Tenser and Ian Ogilvy
Reviving Forgotten Horrors - Interview with Piers Haggard
Folk Tale - An Interview with Actor Simon Williams
Folk Art - An Interview with Set Dresser Milly Burns
Folk Sound - An Interview with Sound Recordist Tony Dawe
Folk Music - An Interview with Composer Marc Wilkinson
Folk Dub - An Interview with Assistant Dubbing Mixer Graham V. Hartstone
Folk Promo - An Interview with Publicity Director Tony Tweedale
Return to Bix - Simon Williams Returns to the Church Location
Theatrical Trailer
Reconstructed Trailer

[Hammerlover]

Hell yeah...so to speak!

[Olmo]

The feature length documentary on the All the Haunts be Ours ; Woodlands Dark Days Bewitched call this & Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General & Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man as the folk horror vanguard.

I’m sure that M Shite Myamalan had his magpie eyes on this when making his cop-out travesty, twist for the sake of it, The Village.

[bergman864]

Beautiful.

[By_His_Strypes]

nice! I have to think Severin will also be doing this?

[xxnomad]

Well well well...

[OSHAN]

The NSM release is probably the worst 4K release in my collection. Just dreadful. Glad to see it is getting another go.

[cgpublic]

Pending reviews, I'm up for a viewing with a new HDR skin.

[HuggyBear73]

Gonna hold out for US release. Haven't most 88 Films 4Ks been dreadful?

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Gonna hold out for US release. Haven't most 88 Films 4Ks been dreadful?

No.

Teething troubles, but when they've been good, they've been superb. The problematic ones are already fixed or are landing imminently.

They're certainly putting out better discs than Shout where it's quantity over quality, and Shout, BU and others just brush any issues under the carpet.

88 have very much placed themselves as the new Arrow, where they release this genre stuff Arrow release less frequently now as well as earning a certain level of trust that Arrow themselves have lost.

88 Films 4K releases are also rather competitively priced. No hardboxes of tat, but a slipcover, poster and a fiver cheaper.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

.They're certainly putting out better discs than Shout where it's quantity over quality

Don't generalize over a few examples. The vast majority of SF releases have been excellent.

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Don't generalize over a few examples. The vast majority of SF releases have been excellent.

Hmm, if you say so.

It's a matter of trust. I see a large percentage of crappy encodes and baffling decisions when it comes to which cut to give the 4K treatment. Criticism is ignored. Any number of US boutique labels seem to have this (baffling to me) customer is always wrong attitude.

88 have released a couple of discs with screw ups, but I trust them more and not less as a result because of the way they eventually responded in such a positive way. In typical forum fashion, people moaned about petty things like shipping emails, whereas the US labels that don't even fix discs get the usual praise.

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Don't generalize over a few examples. The vast majority of SF releases have been excellent.

They may well be, but SF are infamous for the dreadful state a significant proportion of their discs go out in. I got so sick of having to return them that I just don't buy anything they put out any more, it's like they don't exist.

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Any number of US boutique labels seem to have this (baffling to me) customer is always wrong attitude.

88 have released a couple of discs with screw ups, but I trust them more and not less as a result because of the way they eventually responded in such a positive way. In typical forum fashion, people moaned about petty things like shipping emails, whereas the US labels that don't even fix discs get the usual praise.

88 have been sterling in dealing with issues, a lesser label would not be issuing replacement discs for House on the Edge of the Park.

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by the13thman

88 have been sterling in dealing with issues, a lesser label would not be issuing replacement discs for House on the Edge of the Park.

A lesser label would have left the purple blood on Hell of the Living Dead too, judging by the number of discs out there encoded in the wrong colourspace that labels have refused to even acknowledge. Or if they were Kino-like, come up with some lame excuse that the master was supposed to look like that.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by the13thman

They may well be, but SF are infamous for the dreadful state a significant proportion of their discs go out in. I got so sick of having to return them that I just don't buy anything they put out any more, it's like they don't exist.

The scratched disc issues are beyond their control though. Kino, Criterion, Radiance, and even big studios are having to deal with the same thing. If there was another NA factory besides the one in Mexico, everyone would use it, but unfortunately there isn't, so we have to put up with their terrible quality control. The alternative, if it's even possible, would be to shift manufacturing to Europe, but the costs and transit times would likely make that unrealistic.

[oddbox83]

They appear to be complacent about it though. It's giving them a real knock to trust levels, so surely it's worth risking it by taking a harder line with the plant and rejecting discs? Otherwise it becomes a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy where lower sales mean they can't justify fixes and stuff.

The UK based labels not only have more regular access to a better plant, but are more proactive in addressing scratched discs. You mention Radiance yourself, they're one that have had this issue but unless I am misremembering, have said something about it.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

They appear to be complacent about it though. It's giving them a real knock to trust levels, so surely it's worth risking it by taking a harder line with the plant and rejecting discs? Otherwise it becomes a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy where lower sales mean they can't justify fixes and stuff.

The UK based labels not only have more regular access to a better plant, but are more proactive in addressing scratched discs. You mention Radiance yourself, they're one that have had this issue but unless I am misremembering, have said something about it.

Shout have addressed it a couple times. I'd have to look for the post, but an Insider said they've been working hard with the factory to address the issue. It's obviously very frustrating for the label as well. As for Radiance, they replied to someone on Twitter and told them to reach out to Lime Wood for a replacement, and also mentioned the issue being beyond their control too.

I get the frustration and notoriety that SF have received because of it, so I don't really blame anyone, especially those that are in the UK to be hesitant when ordering titles.

edit: Found what I was referring to

Originally Posted by ShoutFactory

Our Production Team has been aware of the replicator issues from the very beginning and has been working diligently to get it resolved. (It's not as quick and easy of a fix as many people on the boards here seem to believe.)

That being said, the issue did get fixed at some point a few months back and complaints of scratches seemed to fall off. Recently, a few people have reported some new scratch issues, which we're currently looking into.

As always, if you receive a damaged disc, just email us and we'll do our best to assist.

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Shout have addressed it a couple times. I'd have to look for the post, but an Insider said they've been working hard with the factory to address the issue. It's obviously very frustrating for the label as well. As for Radiance, they replied to someone on Twitter and told them to reach out to Lime Wood for a replacement, and also mentioned the issue being beyond their control too.

I get the frustration ad notoriety that SF have received because of it, so I don't really blame anyone, especially those that are in the UK to be hesistant when ordering titles. I do think SF gets the brunt of the blame, even though it's a bigger issue than them.

Well, I will certainly review my opinion should they earn it.

[Kaiju23]

As exciting as it is for this film to be on 4K, I think I'm even more interested that this is part of a "Tigon Collection" in 4K.

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Gonna hold out for US release. Haven't most 88 Films 4Ks been dreadful?

Actually they have all been superb, except two (which were the first two many experienced), but they fixed those two and since then all has been stellar / above typical severin 4K quality