We are back again to talk about another Naschy film. Of
course, this one has very little Naschy in it, but at this point we'll take
what we can get! MORTAL SIN is a pastoral drama set in a Spanish country in the
1940's with the ghosts of the previous decades civil war hanging over everything.
The story plays out as a study of several characters attempting to find their
place in the war changed world with particular focus on the three female
members of the family - two sisters and the widowed matriarch - as they react
to the presence of a young man of marriageable age who moves into the house.
The three servants also factor into the proceedings as the relationships become
more complicated and the expected romantic entanglements begin to take shape.
You might think this is very different from the films we have covered here
before but, as we point out, there are many similarities to past subjects of
this podcast than you might think.
One note- both Troy
and I refer to this as episode #55 at the beginning of the show and we are
mistaken. I don't know how we screwed that up but we did. I guess jumping back
and forth between this and The Bloody Pit is making us lose track of numbers in
general! Sorry! This is #54.
There is no mail in the bag this time around but that
doesn't stop us from veering far from our stated purpose in this one. The first
half hour we discuss the KickStarter campaign to bring back Mystery Science
Theater 3000; the Daniel Craig Bond films and how the new one measures up
(spoiler free!); the difficulty of actresses being nominated for genre work and
our respective horror Halloween viewings before we segue into going all moist
over Paul Naschy. After the discussion and 'Our Man in the Field' Dan's new
horror host segment we then talk at length about the SAW movies and the various
long running horror film series. Has anyone out there ever watched all the
Children of the Corn films? Really?
You can reach us at naschycast@gmail.com or over on the
FaceBook page. Don't let us ramble free-range like this again folks! We'll get even
further off into the weeds next time without leading questions.
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