Independent filmmaker Don Cunningham joins Troy and I to
talk about Paul Naschy and how he has influenced Don’s work. We discuss
favorite Naschy movies with our guest naming some surprising choices. I love
getting different perspectives on the icon’s career and this conversation has a
few curves I was not expecting.
Of course, we could barely wait to ask about Don’s wonderful
short film THE CASTLE OF BARON FINCH (2024). For this movie Mr. Cunningham writes,
directs, produces and stars making him very much a man following in Paul Naschy’s
footsteps. We dig into the production process, the genesis of the film’s story
and the influences other than Naschy. The film is a (mostly) black & white
silent movie featuring a vampire or two and a poor lovestruck soul with a
moonlight and hair problem, so naming Jacinto Molina’s work as a major touchstone
is perhaps a bit obvious. But this atmospheric little cinematic love letter
stands on its own just fine. Don also gives us some details on the film’s release and
places to see it. Oh! And I’ve scattered a bit of the fantastic score by Andreu
Jacob into the latter half of the show as well.
If you have any comments or questions naschycast@gmail.com is the place to send them. If you want to reach out to Don you can message him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CastleBaronFinch or through email at drcushing@yahoo.com – thanks for listening!
