EvansPowell, David
The Blood on Satan's Claw (Devil's Advocates)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781800348066
- author:
- EvansPowell, David
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 120
- Dimensions:
- 18.8 x 13.5 x 1 centimeters (0.1
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Folklore & Mythology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Blood on Satan's Claw: A Devil's Advocate David Evans-Powell explores the place of this 1971 film in the wider context of folk horror, examining its use of setting, influences from counter-culture and youth movement, localism and landscape, and its expression of a contemporary crisis in English identity. This study sheds light on Piers Haggard's film as part of the 'Unholy Trinity' of folk horror cinema, alongside Witchfinder General and The Wicker Man. Evans-Powell considers how the film's seventeenth-century setting contrasts with other Hammer films, and how it reflects a wider cultural shift in England during this period. By examining The Blood on Satan's Claw through the lens of folk horror, Evans-Powell provides new insights into the film's significance and its enduring relevance to contemporary debates about English identity.
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