![]() ![]() ![]() He lives in the hope that his girlfriend is somehow still alive but is becoming less sure of that possibility while the pair of married couples are having problems of their own. The teenage son of one couple is obsessed with trying to stay in contact with the outside by shortwave radio. These five people live in a cramped underground complex while trying to wait out the effects of radiation on the world above. Of course, once we learned about the cast, we immediately tracked down a copy and here we are!Īlso known as CREATION OF THE DAMNED the film tells the story of a small group of survivors of a possible nuclear war. Post-apocalyptic stories don’t turn up in the Golden Age of Spanish Horror as frequently as I would like and until a listener asked us about REFUGE OF FEAR (1974) neither of us were aware of it being part of that sub-genre. Thank you for listening and we’ll be back soon. We hope you enjoy the episode and if you have any comments is the show’s address. It certainly raises some questions about Jess’ sexual desires and points toward what might have been included in future unrealized projects. Each of the murders is dissected as we try to understand what Franco might have had in mind as his story gains force, climaxing in a fascinating sequence in which the director is himself the victim. We try to define what makes Soledad such a memorable screen actress even as this film refuses to even give her character a first name. We discuss the movie’s odd choice to rush past the possible mad scientist idea at the beginning to get to the righteous vengeance at the heart of things. We point to reoccurring plot elements within Franco’s work and his love of a certain visual metaphor involving boats at sea. We dig into why we enjoy this film as much as we do with much attention paid to the strength of the central performance. She was a powerhouse screen presence and her loss is only more deeply felt when watching her in this film. Her performance is mesmerizing and is carried out so well that she could have embodied her character without dialog and still communicated every nuance necessary to engage the viewer. As the story plays out, she runs the gamut of human emotions from deep concern and grief-stricken to seductively aloof and finally filled with violent rage. Soledad’s skills are on full display in her role as a vengeful wife extracting blood from the people who hounded her husband into suicide. While it is generally not considered their best film together it contains many scenes that display the brilliance that they could achieve. ![]() SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY (1971) was the final collaboration between the young actress and Jess Franco before her untimely passing. This time we dive back into the Franco pool of cool and look longingly at the luminous Soledad Miranda. Troy and I (finally) return with a new episode! If you have any comments or questions the address is or you can join us on the Facebook page. Troy and I wrap the show with a brief email from Our Man In The Field before we let you go. David and I reminisce a bit about our first podcast experience together on Horror Rise From Spain and his upcoming work in horror comics. Of course, as you might expect with Euro-Horror fans, we also branch off onto related subjects with a lengthy musing on Jess Franco and the more obscure films of Amando De Ossorio. The three of us spend a lot of time on this film discussing it's flaws, it's points of interest and David brings some fascinating behind the scenes information to the table. He's a horror comic writer and expert on the trashier side of cinema making him the perfect man to talk about this uncut sex-filled werewolf romp. This time out we revisit this problematic entry on Paul Naschy's credits at the request of our new guest - David Zuzelco! David is an old friend from the early days of Euro-Trash horror online fandom and someone I should have included in the show much sooner than now. Troy and I took a look at this Fred Olin Ray joint a few years ago under it's more evocative name TOMB OF THE WEREWOLF and you can still check out episode #30 for our original assessment. Sharp-eyed or eared (?) listeners to the Naschycast will recognize THE UNLIVING as an alternate title for a film we've already covered on the show. ![]()
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