Blood on Satan's Paw (2017) User Reviews

If you go into the woods today, be careful of surreal, hallucinogenic nightmares and puppets.

[mwilson1976 · 5/10 · 28 May 2020]

Filmmaker Richard Mansfield made this low budget oddity, inspired by Folk Horror classics like The Wicker Man, Witchfinder General and (naturally) Blood on Satan's Claw as well as all the original Hammer Horror films, for around £700 and filmed it in his local park with a cast and crew made up of family and friends. Following in the footsteps of Kill List and A Field In England, it explores the darker side of England's countryside and folk lore as a trip to the woods takes a nasty turn for metal detectorist Tommy (Henry Regan), when he discovers a mysterious bear-headed demon called Mister Bones (played by Mansfield) is stalking him. With a creepy, surreal tone that lends Tommy's adventure a dreamy, unsettling feel, and featuring lollipops sticking out of the ground, a tiny house producing smoke from its miniature chimney stack, a bizarre nightmare involving marionettes (the puppetry is excellent) and a deranged score provided by Cunning Folk which he provided in return for Mansfield making him a music video about the Pendle Witches, Blood On Satan's Paw has a lot going on to recommend it, even if it is a short that has been stretched out to feature length.

Boring

[Leofwine_draca · 1/10 · 22 May 2021]

BLOOD ON SATAN'S PAW is a mildly amusing title for your usual worthless indie horror flick. This British effort involves a boring guy who decides to go metal detectoring in the local woods, only to find himself stalked by a mysterious masked figure. There's five minutes of horror and the rest of the running time is chock full of boredom and dragging pacing. The central story is linked to events of the past which don't add up to much, and the whole thing is slow in the extreme.