The Blood on Satan’s Claw

In the early 18th-century English village, farmer Ralph Gower uncovers a deformed skull with one intact eye and strange fur. He insists that the local judge examines it, but the skull mysteriously vanishes before it can be properly analyzed. The incident sets the tone for the lingering suspicion of supernatural evil in the village.

Peter Edmonton arrives with his fiancée, Rosalind Barton, to meet his aunt, Mistress Banham, who is staying with the judge. The meeting is troubled as Mistress Banham and the judge disapprove of their relationship, planning to isolate Rosalind by assigning her to a disused attic room.

Rosalind starts screaming during her first night in the attic, and when she investigates, she injures Mistress Banham. Rosalind then falls mysteriously ill, fueling suspicions of supernatural presence and evil influence within the house.

Despite Peter’s protests, Rosalind is committed to an institution. As she is taken away, Peter glimpses a monstrous claw replacing her hand, suggesting her possession or transformation due to supernatural forces.

Three children, playing near a field, discover a claw from the deformed body linked to the mysterious skull. This finds ties the earlier strange events to the sinister creature lurking in the village.

That evening, Mistress Banham mysteriously vanishes, intensifying the belief that evil forces are at work within the house and the village. The disappearance heightens the villagers' fears of the supernatural presence.

Peter sneaks into the attic at night to investigate and is attacked by a creature with a furred claw. During the struggle, he attempts to defend himself with a knife, severing his own hand, which suggests the creature's terrifying strength.

The judge, skeptical of superstition, borrows a book on witchcraft to understand the strange events. He departs for London, leaving Squire Middleton in charge, but promises to return and investigate further.

Children, led by Angel Blake, play truant from scripture classes and conduct a ritual in a ruined church. Mark, one of the children, is tricked into a deadly game of blind man's buff and is later found dead, symbolizing the cult’s sinister activities.

Cathy, Mark’s sister, is lured into the cult’s secret rituals and is seen with patches of fur on her back. The children perform a Black Mass to the demon Behemoth, who appears as a furred beast, revealing the cult’s intent to restore the demon’s body.

Ralph rescues Margaret from those attempting to drown her, discovering fur on her leg and uncovering her as a servant of the devil. The judge returns and learns that the cult plans to complete their demonic ritual at the church.

Ralph, with fur on his leg, infiltrates the cult’s meeting at the church and is caught in a trance-like state, trying to remove the fur. The mob attacks, culminating in Angel Blake’s death and the final confrontation with the demon.

The judge kills the demon with a sword, ending the curse, and Ralph’s fur-covered body returns to normal. The supernatural threat is eradicated, restoring peace to the village and lifting the dark influence that had plagued it.