This time out we venture back to the 16th century for a dose of religious persecution during one of history’s nastier periods of paranoia. Who’s a witch, there’s a witch, everywhere a witch witch!
Taking his place in the director’s chair for the first time Paul Naschy serves up a harsh look at human nature by way of fear, torture and hatred. Putting his well researched stamp on a sub-genre made financially viable by Vincent Price in WITCHFINDER GENERAL and made gorily disturbing by THE MARK OF THE DEVIL this film serves up a complex look at what might drive someone to embrace darkness. Based on an actual historical event, Naschy spends a lot of time getting the details right and this realism pays off.
The film boasts an excellent cast able to bring both the over the top elements and the more subtle shades of character to play. INQUISITION is one of the most authentic looking of Naschy's films and the script shows that when working without the usual supernatural elements his stories retain their power and possibly even gain deeper relevance. Another winner from Naschy but certainly one that is harder to enjoy when it dips into graphic, matter-of-fact torture. Typically enough for the podcast, it becomes a contest to determine which is more gruesome – the nastiness onscreen or my mangling of both Spanish and French names.
Remember- we can be reached at naschycast@gmail.com and you can subscribe through iTunes.
Naschycast 74 - WEREWOLF VS THE VAMPIRE WOMAN with Robert Kelly
NaschyCast #73 - Blu-Ray Round Up
Naschycast 72 - Jon Kitley Visits!
Naschycast #71 - INQUISTION with Marc McCloud
Beyond Naschy 36 - ORLOFF AND THE INVISIBLE MAN (1970)
Mailbag Show for October
Naschycast 70 - HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE with Bob Sargent
Naschycast 69 - AGONIZANDO EN EL CRIMEN (1968
Mini-Naschycast - Email Episode
Naschycast 68 - Bob Sargent Interview
Beyond Naschy #35 - SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY (1971)
Beyond Naschy 34 - REFUGE OF FEAR (1974)
Beyond Naschy #33 - THE NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS (1974)
Beyond Naschy #32 - SLEEP TIGHT (2011)
Naschycast #67 - ALL THE SCREAMS OF SILENCE (1975)
Naschycast #66 - SHADOWS OF BLOOD (1988)
Naschycast #65 - Satanic Naschy with Samm!
Naschycast #64 - Samm Deighan Visits!
Beyond Naschy #31 - THE BLANCHEVILLE MONSTER (1963)
Beyond Naschy #30 - THE MAN CALLED NOON (1973)
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