tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post9067929527696355754..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: PANIC BEATS (Latidos de Panico, 1983)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-77058641686097670922011-03-18T23:17:53.254-04:002011-03-18T23:17:53.254-04:00Vicar, I wouldn't begrudge Naschy his exhibiti...Vicar, I wouldn't begrudge Naschy his exhibitionist tendencies a decade earlier, but time does take its toll. The word you're looking for might be "shamelessness," but with Naschy it does have its charm.<br /><br />Sam, be warned that that ending is brutal but appropriate in context and as a matter of style. Molina/Naschy isn't in Bava's league as a stylist, but his work can definitely be appreciated on a meta-level, which I think is at least partly the way it's intended to be enjoyed.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-69572703576873947722011-03-18T16:59:44.123-04:002011-03-18T16:59:44.123-04:00Another Euro horror that I've never managed to...Another Euro horror that I've never managed to negotiate. I certainly appreciate the typically excellent review and the splendid GASLIGHT tie-in/comparison, but a better comment I can't manage until I see it. You have again tempted me here Samuel, especially that Euro-horror aside from Bava, Argento, Franco and that imposter Fulci (LOL!) is something I am woefully underexposed to:<br /><br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Panic-Beats-Charly-Bravo/dp/B0007ZSHWGSam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-36976874695257733652011-03-17T09:49:47.613-04:002011-03-17T09:49:47.613-04:00Excellent review. I love this one, and feel it'...Excellent review. I love this one, and feel it's one of Naschy's better directorial efforts (along with NIGHT OF THE WEREWOLF, which is the first Daninsky saga film he directed and also a loose remake of WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMAN). Also, I thought Frances Ondiviela as Julie, the country girl Paul de Marnac fatally underestimates, did a great and memorable heel turn here.<br /><br />As to Naschy's "misplaced vanity," I might argue whether it is in fact misplaced--he's Paul Fuckin' Naschy, after all! ;) But I've also noticed in my last few viewings of various of his films a sort of self-deprecating humor about these scenes. Okay, maybe "deprecating" is not the right word, but particularly in the bathtub scenes here and more memorably in A DRAGONFLY FOR EACH CORPSE, I think I detect a certain slyness to Naschy's performance, a not-quite-a-wink to the audience as much as to say, "Yeah, I'm showing off my pecs and cavorting with beautiful Eurobabes, because I CAN...and you would too, if you had the chance." <br /><br />Of course that may be more reader-response than actual text, but it adds to my enjoyment. :)The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.com