Did Anyone Expect This?

INQUISITION-1976 -For his debut as director Paul Naschy choose a story set during the time of the Inquisition. But according to the star while researching the project (which he also wrote) he discovered that more women were burned as witches in France than in his homeland of Spain.

He plays a witch hunting priest named Bernard de Flossy traveling the plague infested French countryside. Naturally, this premise provides Naschy with another excuse for showing topless women being tortured (one has her nipple torn off; an effect he’d use again in a future movie). After much grandstanding, accusations and lectures de Flossy becomes obsessed with Catherine (Daniela Giordano). Naturally, this leads the sanctimonious priest to question his beliefs and go against his own conscious and teachings. More tragedy follows cumulating in a double burning.

INQUISTION is a well-made period piece with a seemingly decent budget and great cinematography and music. In fact, without the torture scenes this could pass as a mainstream costume drama!

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