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Richard Wells, “The Ceremony of Spring”
illustration to “The Blood on Satan’s Claw” by Robert Wynne-Simmons
linocut on paper, 2022
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Richard Wells, “The Ceremony of Spring”
illustration to “The Blood on Satan’s Claw” by Robert Wynne-Simmons
linocut on paper, 2022
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Linda Hayden as Angel Blake in a promotional still for The Blood on Satan’s Claw, 1971
Blood On Satan's Claw by Robert Wynne-Simmons. Book Review
Over a half-century of waiting but finally that brooding member of the classic Folk Horror unhallowed triumvirate of British films, The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) has its own tie-in novel accompanying on the shelves the book partners of Witchfinder General (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973). Only in the case of Witchfinder General did the book precede the film (written by Ronald Bassett and…
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On November 5, 1973 Blood on Satan's Claw debuted in Denmark.
Tuesday, September 17: Angel Blake, “Lycanthrope”
Angel Blake was an outlier in the Metal Blade roster, as they were not only Swedish (the vast majority of the label’s acts were American) but also played a version of goth metal that fell outside Brian Slagel’s then-recent proclivities toward metalcore. But then again, “Lycanthrope” wasn’t exactly Sisters of Mercy: the tune was pretty straightforward and traditional, just with a slight goth twinge due to the minor keys and Tony Jelencovich’s downcast vocals. The track was somewhere between mid- and fast-paced, having a momentum uncommon to most goth metal, so it stood out in that regard as well. Angel Blake began as a two-man project with Jelencovich and Marko Tervonen, though Jelencovich left after Angel Blake and Tervonen subsequently recruited a proper band for the following album, but “Lycanthrope” captured their fundamental proposition in full.
after drawing all those A Field in England sketches the other day I thought I’d do some more for my other favourite folk horror films, so I drew this of Angel Blake and her evil eyebrows from The Blood on Satan’s Claw yesterday
and then today, when I went in the tag to see if anyone had made any nice gifs or anything since the last time I was in there, I find out that they’d made an audio adaptation- and that Reece Shearsmith is in it??? weird
Art by Simon Davis.