Marc McCloud drops by the show to discuss Naschy’s tale of
the Inquisition in France. Marc is the owner of Orbit DVD and a longtime friend
of Troy and I, but this is the first time we’ve ever talked about our mutual
love of the films of Paul Naschy. Our guest chose Naschy’s directorial debut as
the topic and we were happy to oblige.
Religious hypocrisy is a big part of our conversation and
this gets us into the thorny area of what to call the subset of exploitation
films of which this is a part. We note the influence of the Catholic Church on
the nature of the fears that undergird the horrors of the film and wonder about
the connections to the Nunsploitation genre. The villains of the story come under
scrutiny with an eye toward how they use their relative places of power to
extract their desires from those around them. And we speak a little about the
ways that women had to work to accomplish things in the society ruled by male
religious leaders. Join us for what I will refuse to call a ‘romp’ through INQUISITION.
We end the show with a short email from Kurt and if you’d
like to send us your thoughts naschycast@gmail.com
is the address. Thank you for listening!
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