Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe (2008)
3.1 of 5 from 45 ratings
15h 37min
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- Synopsis:
Cultural icon, anti-establishment statement, sadistic lord of carnival horror! With his iconic long fingernails, top hat and cape, Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) was the creation of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who wrote, directed and starred in a series of outrageous movies from 1964 to 2008. An unholy undertaker in search of the perfect woman to propagate his bloodline, Zé do Caixão made his screen debut with the first Brazilian-produced horror film, 'At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul'. Three years later, his quest would continue in 'This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse', with Zé embarking on an even more brutal campaign of terror, aided and abetted by his hunchbacked assistant. 'The Strange World of Coffin Joe', meanwhile, is an anthology of three short horror films featuring a strange dollmaker, a necrophiliac balloon seller with a foot fetish, and a psychotic professor involved in sadistic rituals. Sex, perversion and sadism abound in 'The Awakening of the Beast' as a psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD in this surreal examination of 60s drug culture. Diverging from horror toward satirical black comedy, 'The End of Man' sees a naked stranger emerge from the sea to perform miracles in a nearby town and become a modern messiah whose deeds will affect the whole world. Rarely-seen sequel 'When the Gods Fall Asleep' continues this blackly comic trajectory as our messianic cult figure sets out to right wrongs, expose corruption and end social unrest. 'The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures' brings Zé do Caixão back to the screen as the proprietor of an isolated guest house where, on a dark and stormy night, an eclectic group of strangers seek shelter. In 'Hellish Flesh', Dr. George Medeiros is a brilliant scientist, but a neglectful husband whose wife takes a lover and plans to murder George for his fortune, but the doctor is only disfigured and returns with a plan for revenge! Meanwhile, in 'Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind', the colleagues of a psychiatric doctor driven to insanity by nightmare visions of Zé do Caixão enlist the character's creator, José Mojica Marins, to convince the patient that Zé does not exist - but all is not as it seems! Finally, in 'Embodiment of Evil', Marins returns to the role that made his name one last time, as Zé do Caixão emerges onto the streets of São Paulo in 2008, haunted by ghostly visions and the spirits of past victims, and still in pursuit of the woman who can give him the perfect child. Newly restored from the best available elements and packed with new and archival extras, 'Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe' is a love letter to one of the great iconoclasts of horror, who forged his films in the face of military dictatorship and religious censorship to become Brazil's national Boogeyman. - Actors:
- José Mojica Marins, Jece Valadão, Adriano Stuart, Milhem Cortaz, Rui Resende, José Celso Martinez Corrêa, Cristina Aché, Helena Ignez, Débora Muniz, Thaís Simi, Cleo de Paris, Nara Sakarê, Giulio Lopes, Eduardo Chagas, Luís Melo, Raymond Castile, Karina Bez Batti, Fernanda Brandão, Rubens Mello, Zumba
- Directors:
- José Mojica Marins
- Writers:
- Dennison Ramalho, José Mojica Marins
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Brazil
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Unknown
- Run Time:
- 937 minutes
- Languages:
- Brazilian Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Portuguese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, Portuguese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Portuguese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Coffin Joe's Sadean Underworld, a new video essay by film scholar Lindsay Hallam
- Damned: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins, the definitive documentary on the life and work of José Mojica Marins by André Barcinski and Ivan Finotti
- Bloody Kingdom, José Mojica Marins' first short film with director's commentary
- The Adventurer's Fate and My Destiny in Your Hands, excerpts from early works by José Mojica Marins
- Archive audio commentaries for both films with José Mojica Marins, Paulo Duarte and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
- Eccentric of Cinema, a new interview with author Stephen Thrower examining the early life and influences of José Mojica Marins
- On Tonight's Horror Show!, a new video essay by film scholar Miranda Corcoran looking at the mythic figure of Coffin Joe within the canon of horror hosts
- Alternative ending for The Strange World of Coffin Joe with commentary by José Mojica Marins
- 'The Strange Mind of Coffin Joe', a new interview with author Guy Adams exploring the esoteric aspects of José Mojica Marins
- A Woman for Joe, a new video essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas exploring the complex gender politics of Marins' filmography
- Alternate opening titles for .The Awakening of the Beast
- Theatrical trailers
- The Demonic Surrealism of Coffin Joe, a new interview with scholar and filmmaker Virginie Sélavy exploring the parallels between the work of José Mojica Marins and the European and South American surrealist movements
- Delirium, Surrealism, and Vision, a new interview with author Jack Sargeant
- Apostle of Evil, a new interview with Dennison Ramalho (co-writer of Embodiment of Evil) about his early connection to Coffin Joe
- Mojica in the Snow: Tonight I Incarnate at Sundance!, footage of Marins attending the Sundance Film Festival in 2001
- A Blind Date for Coffin Joe, a short film by Raymond "Coffin Ray" Castile
- Archive audio commentary for 'Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind' with José Mojica Marins, editor Nilcemar Leyart, Paulo Duarte and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
- Aesthetics of Garbage: José Mojica Marins, a Complicated Icon, a new interview with filmmaker Andrew Leavold (The Search for Weng Weng) examining Marins' place in the Marginal Cinema movements of the 60s and 70s
- Beyond Good and Evil, a new video essay by film critic Kat Ellinger
- Learning from the Master, a new interview with screenwriter Dennison Ramalho
- Fantasia Film Festival Premiere Footage, archival footage of José Mojica Marins at the film's premiere
- Apprenticeship of Evil, an archival interview in which Ramalho pays tribute to José Mojica Marins and looks back on their friendship
- Official Making Of and Experimental Making Of, two archival featurettes about the production
- Deleted scenes with commentary by director José Mojica Marins
- Visual Effects: Purgatory, an archival featurette with commentary by director José Mojica Marins
- Storyboards, an archival featurette with commentary by director José Mojica Marins
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following:
- At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following:
- This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)
- The Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968)
- Special Features - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following:
- The Awakening of the Beast (1970)
- The End of Man (1971)
- Special Features - Disc 4:
- This disc includes the following:
- When the Gods Fall Asleep (1972)
- The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures (1976)
- Special Features - Disc 5:
- This disc includes the following:
- Hellish Flesh (1977)
- Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind (1978)
- Special Features - Disc 6:
- This disc includes the following:
- Embodiment of Evil (2008)
- Special Features
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