The Blood On Satan’s Claw (1971)

When it comes to the genre of folk-horror, there are three titles often referred to as key canonical texts: Witchfinder General, The Wicker Man (original) and The Blood On Satan’s Claw (1971). The latter was also used as the main promotional imagery for the recent documentary about folk horror, Woodlands Dark And Bewitched directed by […]

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Psychomania (1973)

The opening credits to Psychomania (1973) aka The Death Wheelers are such a vibe. Helmeted bikers riding around a Stonehenge-type clearing in the mist while droney psychedelic rock plays. This reaches a level of eerie that the remainder of the movie doesn’t quite reach. Still, that’s not a knock, this is an entertaining 1970s British […]

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Witchfinder General (1968)

Deeper into the Vincent Price Blu-Ray boxset, I’ve finally come to the acclaimed folk-horror film, Witchfinder General (1968), which has the reputation of being one of Price’s finest performances. Having seen it, I think his acting is as good as he is in many of the other Corman/Poe movies, but maybe it is more that […]

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