WRITTEN IN BLOOD
Robert Wynne-Simmons revisits his 50-year-old folk horror story for a new novelisation
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD WELLS
What was your approach to the novelisation of Blood On Satan’s Claw?
Because the story in the film was never quite complete, I’ve always wanted to go back. I wanted to go back because what happened to the film was a bit strange. The title Blood On Satan’s Claw does it a disservice because it sounds pretty trashy. That’s what people thought and it took an awfully long time to redeem itself from that. However, people eventually wrote articles [realising] there’s an interesting story there.