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Summary

Gold Winner for Best Drama Special at the 2018 New York Festivals® International Radio Awards.

Seventeenth-century England, and a plough uncovers a grisly skull in the furrows of a farmer's field. The skull disappears, but its malefic influence begins to work in insidious ways upon the nearby village of Hexbridge. First, the cows stop milking and the fruit turns rotten on the trees. Then, an insolent ungodliness takes hold of the local children, mysterious fur patches appear on limbs and people start disappearing.... 

Something evil is stirring in the woods. Something that is corrupting the village youth, who retreat to the woodland deeps to play their pernicious games. Hysteria spreads as it becomes clear that the devil has come to Hexbridge, to incarnate himself on earth. Can the villagers, led by the Squire Middleton (Mark Gatiss) and Reverend Fallowfield (Reece Shearsmith), prevent the devil gaining human form? 

This digital audio exclusive stars Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith, alongside the original film's Angel Blake, Linda Hayden. Gatiss and Shearsmith are both huge fans of the original film, even recording a commentary for the DVD release. 

An Audible Original drama adapted from the original screenplay by horror writer Mark Morris, Blood on Satan's Claw stars Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, The League of Gentlemen), Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen), Alice Lowe (Sightseers, Prevenge), John Heffernan (Ripper Street, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell), Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Office), Thomas Turgoose (This Is England), Rebecca Ryan (Shameless) and Philip Hill-Pearson (Good Cop). 
©1971 Tigon Pictures Ltd (P)2017 Audible, Ltd

Critic reviews

"What marks out Blood On Satan’s Claw as a truly credible piece of audio drama is the atmospheric yet unintrusive score by Edwin Sykes and the evocative sound design by Simon Robinson, which transplants you straight into this bucolic, sinister environment from the first crowing of birds as they wheel in the evening sky as something inhuman is unearthed by the farmer’s plough." ( We Are Cult)
"The story is a rare example of diving headlong into the action done right. It spends little time establishing the status quo prior to its disruption, but instead gives a general impression of what it might have been prior to the supernatural horrors which stalk the land. While in many cases this could have been abrupt, the audio drama uses a strong cast and a building sense of dread to hook the listener very early on ... The excellent sound design and voice acting is really what helps to convey the story’s atmospheric strength, and the script knows when to let them take the heavy lifting when it comes to drama. Between this and the excellent sound effects, it manages to outshine its source material in moments of true terror ... It’s easily one of the best adaptations Audible Studios have made to date, and a must-buy for any fan of quintessentially English horror." ( Starburst)
"If you're a fan of classic horror, then The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith have a treat in store for you." ( Digital Spy)
"Heartily recommended for a long cold winter's night. 9/10." (Paul Simpson, SFB)

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Folk Horror at it's best. A stellar adaptation.

What an absolute treat. Superbly written, acted and produced with imaginative use of audio effects.
Bafflegab Productions are now on my radar permanently. Hard to believe something of this standard was crowd funded. Hopelly they will start turning a profit. Looking forward to owning a CD copy in June
Highly recommended.

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A Toe-Curling Screamer!

Deliciously creepy, spooky sound effects and at times some high quality screaming. Engaging acting, devil worship and mysterious events. Audible have packed it all and more into a two and half hour speeding bullet of a traditional horror story.

Once again they have assembled a high quality cast to ensure that the acting is of a very high standard. The production values are rich and the sound quality gives a deliciously creepy atmosphere.

If an interlude of good old-fashioned bloody horror appeals to you then just turn the lights off, sit back and spend your time with Blood on Satan's Claw.

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An audible treasure.

A wonderful, if short, beautifully portrayed horror
More please Audible.
An indulgent joy. Thoroughly pleasing by expert actors narrators and storytellers. I love straight audioboooks / renditions. But I also love audio plays / dramas / movies with a full cast and sound effects. With audible radio dramas are Not a lost art but vibrant and very much alive.

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Dissapointing

I really thought I was going to enjoy this but it's just not that interesting. There are also many times when you can barely hear what they are saying so you up the volume to then be annoyed by far too many episodes of extremely loud screaming. The story isn't scary though, it's all rather pedestrian and a great disappointment despite Mark Gatiss's participation. I have returned this audio book and don't recommend it.

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Terrible!

I really thought this was a terrible book; the story was awful and the performance was cringeworthy at some points, embarrassing to listen to!
I would really recommend you DO NOT listen to this book.

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Great performances, terrible script

The script is just a hot mess. The cast were phenomenal and worked well together, but the story never really flowed and it became a slog to get through.

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Hilariously bad

It's very silly.Midsomer Murders meets Hammer Horror

I know it's a horror classic and therefore likely to be camped up but dearie me!
Overdone accents; fake raspy character voices (rather like BBC rep choruses of peasants)
Overlong buffers between scenes / chapters; too many almost identical scenes as each 'child' in the village is drawn in ...one by one....with same dialogue....and screaming.....
It was difficult to tell if we were to take this seriously or not.
Generally excellent screaming though.

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Waste of time

Best are the sound effects. Story weak and performance poor. Save time and money for a better audio one.

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  • Salter
  • Herefordshire, UK
  • 07-08-18

Okay for a time filler...

Picked this up for a short time filler. I was left feeling as though it could have been so much better. The general outline of the story is intriguing, but I found the performance to be a little confusing, with it sometimes difficult to differentiate between the main characters. The storyline itself was a little weak, though Audible do a good job of adding the ' bells and whistles' background audio, which helps set the scene.
All in all, quite disappointing.

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  • Kaggy
  • United Kingdom
  • 01-04-18

Hairy scarey

The production, sound effects and atmospheric music is first class and this has a great cast of well known performers. (I particularly enjoyed Ralph Ineson who must be the Northiest Northern man to ever grace the sound waves). The story is fairly bog standard with innocent god-fearing folk being terrorised by rampant demon driven female sexuality, but there is some genuine and chilling horror, especially in the skin removal scenes. Overall this is an entertaining way to pass a couple of hours but I would not include this in my list of memorable stories.

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  • Squiggs
  • 16-01-18

It was great but

This was a wonderful story. The different characters and sound effects it was perfect. If I had any complaints it would be the bit of confusion I had without the narrative like where they were, at times I wondered who was speaking. Nonetheless I loved it. It was great I just wish it were longer.

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  • Stevo
  • 16-02-18

Satanic Horror at it's best!

This audio adaptation of Blood on Satan's Claw is as enjoyable to listen to as the film was to watch. This is a creepy tale that begins in the furrows of a ploughed field and leads to demonic possession of school children in a rural 17th Century English village, with plenty of supernatural happenings along the way. The acting and sound production are top notch and Blood on Satan's Claw is probably best listened to with the lights on, as this is a story dripping with a creepy macabre atmosphere.

This is an audio drama and not a narrated audiobook but the performances from the whole cast are superb and they bring this good old fashioned horror tale to life in this well produced 'Audible Original' dramatisation.

Blood on Satan's Claw is highly recommended for anyone who likes a scary horror story at bedtime.

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  • Ian
  • 23-01-18

Almost great

The Northern English Accent gives it a great feel.

The quality of production top notch.

There was suspense but could have been really horrifying if the identity of the evil was kept a mystery longer.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful