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Synopsis: In the XVIII Century, in the countryside of England, the landsman Ralph Gower finds a skull with one eye and fur on the field. He summons the local judge to see his finding but it has disappeared. Meanwhile the local Peter Edmonton brings his fiancée Rosalind Barton to his aunt's house to marry her on the next day. However during the night Rosalind becomes insane and in the morning she is sent to an asylum and Peter sees a claw that has replaced her hand. Then Peter wakes up with a claw attacking him and he cuts it out, but he finds that he has hacked down his own hand. The local children have a strange behavior under the command of Angel Blake and they rape and kill others. In common, they have a strange fur on their skin. The judge returns from London and concludes that evil has possessed the children. What will he and his search party do?
 
IMDB:
6.4
R
Year:
1971
97 min
467 Views


She must have the constitution of an ox.

She was a sick woman.

lndeed, Your Honour, as you say,

she was a sick woman.

l must confess, sir,

l fear there's something very strange afoot.

Did you hear what Gower turned up

with his plough?

Justice Middleton, l myself

examined the furrows.

There was nothing.

Nothing. Of course.

Unless it were witchcraft.

There have been some cases.

Witchcraft?

Hm.

Damnable business, Mr Edmonton, eh?

Fear nothing. The hunt goes on.

Milord, will you sup with me tonight?

Only humble fare but the finest

in the shire.

Thank you, Squire.

l remain here tonight.

The lady was a dear friend of mine.

Naturally. Out of respect.

Well, gentlemen, l take my leave.

There's evil in this house.

You must cleanse your mind

of such fancies.

Would they had taken me with her.

Time will relieve all.

And rest.

Go to your room and l'll go to mine.

Ellen...

my candle.

(Thunder)

(Low creaking)

Ah!

(Thunder)

(Sighs)

(Gasps)

(Choking)

Water, Ellen, and bandages.

Send Ralph to get the doctor.

My lord, when l heard

of Ralph Gower's discovery,

- l was reminded of this old volume.

- (Scoffs)

Mock, sir, if you will.

These sages had access to much wisdom.

Ah, here we are.

Doctor, witchcraft is dead.

And discredited.

Are you bent on reviving forgotten horrors?

How do we know, sir, what is dead?

You come from the city.

You cannot know the ways of the country.

See, this picture.

Did not Ralph describe

such a countenance?

Perhaps some such thing.

(Peter moans)

The drug is wearing off.

His heartbeat is strong.

Doctor, l am leaving soon.

As a favour, might l request

the loan of this book?

lt might merit further study.

No good news, l regret, milord.

l've had to call off the chase.

There's no trace of the lady anywhere.

l fear she is lost to us.

Er... And how is it with the young fella?

The doctor is confident

that Mr Edmonton will survive.

Splendid. Thankful for small mercies.

l have to leave you now.

Ooh, of course. Affairs of state.

Fear not, milord,

the matter is in good hands.

Unfortunate you could not sup with me.

Most unfortunate.

Yes.

Assist His Lordship there.

Your Lordship,

please don't you desert us.

Squire Middleton will keep watch over you.

l have important business in London.

You shall spread no more rumours,

Ralph Gower. Understand?

Witchcraft. Pah!

Perhaps you will have peace from now on.

There will be no nonsense, sir.

l am father to all here.

They love me but they obey me first.

Have a pleasant journey, Your Lordship.

l shall not forget you.

l shall return when the time is right.

But you must have patience.

Even while people die. Only thus

can the whole evil be destroyed.

You must let it grow.

(Man) Come along. Come on.

Thou'll be man of the house now, Ralph.

Till the master's better.

- Come on, Mark. We'll be home soon.

- We'll be all right.

Oh, she's a devil, that Angel.

She be no friend of mine.

T'weren't her. She likes me.

T'were that thing she keeps.

Oh, l told her she shouldn't have touched it.

Oh Lord, Mark, what'll come o' thee?

Well, l were holding the claw

and Angel were laughing.

- Suddenly l gets this pain...

- Oh, sh. Don't tell.

Say a prayer. l'll say one with thee.

(Cathy) Our Father...

(Mark) Our Father...

- which art in heaven...

- which art in heaven...

- Hallowed be Thy name...

- Hallowed be Thy name...

Thy kingdom come...

T'ain't nothing, Ma. Pain's gone. l promise.

You just sit there.

Cathy, get thee to Scripture class.

l'll go to the doctor for medicine

that will settle thee straightway.

- But Ma, l be perfect.

- Hush, now.

- l'll be back in a twinkling.

- Bye, Ma.

Bye, chick. You come

straight home, mind, after.

- Does tha want any broth?

- No.

- Does tha wanna go to bed?

- No.

You just sit there quiet and l won't be long.

Take an apple.

Wilt thou come and play with us, Mark?

Please.

l don't play girls' games.

Angel has taught us some new games.

Please come.

Angel wants thee.

(Bell ringing)

l see only half my class

have deigned to come today.

Mark Vespers is truant, for one.

Oh, no, Reverend, sir. He were took sick.

Have all the others, then,

succumbed to Mark's distemper?

Where's Angel Blake?

(Boy) Angel sends regards, Reverend.

Who spoke?

Says she'm sorry she could not attend but

she had some fearful important things to do.

There is, growing amongst you all,

an insolent ungodliness

which l will not tolerate!

lt's no common disease

which keeps half my class away

(Children) Round and around

and around and around.

(Laughter)

(Girl) Ooh-ooh!

(Whistles)

(Girl) Yoo-ooh!

Yoo-hoo!

Come on.

(Calling out)

(Gasps)

Oh! Who did that?

Ooh.

That cost good silver, that did.

That were for Mark.

Save your pains, mistress.

Mark won't need it no more.

What does that mean, boy?

(Laughing) We... we shut him

in the woodshed.

Hey!

(Fowl clucking)

Mark?

Mark?

Mark. Mark.

Mark. (Sobbing) Mark.

What...?

(Screaming)

What have they done?

(Crying) Mark. Oh, my Mark.

My Mark.

There.

Angel.

l'm glad you're here.

l've been meaning to speak

with you, Angel Blake.

Yes, sir?

Your behaviour, Angel,

has been most unseemly, of late.

l mean to complain to your father of it.

Do you like what you see?

Shame on you, child.

Do you like me, sir?

You...

You are beautiful, Angel.

- Do you wanna play our games with us?

- No, no.

Cover yourself up.

We want you with us, sir.

The Lord have mercy on you.

Come with me.

Get away!

l never want to see you in this school again.

Damn you, you old pagan.

Would you like to know

what becomes of your precious pupils?

One of them is dead already.

Little Mark had the devil in him.

So we cut it out.

- (Bell tolls)

- (Man) ''Man that is born of a woman

''hath but a short time to live

and is full of misery.

''He cometh up and is cut down,

like a flower. He fleeth...''

- Come on, then.

- ''..and never continueth in one stay.

''ln the midst of life, we are in death.

''Of whom may we seek for succour

but of Thee, O Lord,

''who, for our sins, art justly displeased?

''Yet, O Lord God, most holy, O Lord most

mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour,

''deliver us not into the bitter pains

of eternal death.

''Thou knowest, Lord,

the secrets of our hearts.

''Shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer

''but spare us, Lord most holy,

''O God most mighty,

''O holy and merciful Saviour,

''our most worthy judge eternal,

''suffer us not

''at our last hour,

''for any pains of death, to fall from thee.''

''Forasmuch as it hath pleased

Almighty God in His great mercy,

''to take unto Himself the soul

of our dear brother here departed,

''we therefore commit his body

to the ground.''

(Crows cawing)

''Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust,

''in sure and certain hope

of the resurrection to eternal life

''through our Lord, Jesus Christ,

''who shall change our vile body

''that it may be like unto His glorious body,

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Robert Wynne-Simmons

Robert Anthony Wynne-Simmons (born 18 August 1947) is a British composer, film director and screenwriter. He began to make films and write plays, poetry and music while still at school (Lancing College in Sussex, England).In 1966, he attended Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he received an M.A. in English Literature. The college funded the making of The Judgment of Albion, a film based on the prophetic writings of William Blake, voiced by Anthony Quayle and Donald Sinden. A copy is now with the British Film Institute.In 1970, he wrote the screenplay for Blood on Satan's Claw. (Directed by Piers Haggard) He subsequently worked for the BBC as a film editor, and was a graduate of the NFTS in Beaconsfield (1975). In 1978, he worked for Radio Telefis Eireann in Dublin, where he directed Double Piquet, in 1979.In 1981–2, he wrote and directed The Outcasts. The actor Cyril Cusack appeared in both. Also in The Outcasts were Mick Lally and Mary Ryan, who won the prize for Best Actress in the San Remo Festival in 1984, where the film won Best First Feature. The film also won prizes in the Oporto film festival, Brussels Fantasy film festival, and in Geneva. After a brief period directing for The Book Tower, a children's TV series made by Yorkshire Television, he returned to Ireland to direct and write for the group of T.V. dramas known as When Reason Sleeps, made by Strongbow Productions, Radio Telefis Eireann and Channel 4. In 1992, his short film Scherzo was shown at the Venice Biennale, the Chicago Film Festival and The San Francisco Festival, where it was awarded four stars.In 2006, he returned as a writer to the stage, with The Deluge a play based on the short stories of Karen Blixen, which he directed in Edinburgh that year with Susannah York in the leading role. In 2007, his monologue "Kurtz" was performed with The Deluge at the New End Theatre, Hampstead.He lives and works in Oppenheim, Germany. more…

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