As Halloween Month continues, Balladeer’s Blog presents another seasonal post. Over the years I’ve reviewed plenty of the horror films made by Brazil’s King of Horror since the 1960s – Coffin Joe (Ze do Caixao) aka Jose “Mojica” Marins. I’ve even reviewed his colleague “Ivan the Terrible’s” movie The Secret of the Mummy from 1982.
This blog post will look at some of the more memorable Coffin Joe movie posters over the decades.
AT MIDNIGHT I’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL (1963)
“Filmed in glorious black and white” as they used to say, this was not only Brazil’s first ever home-grown horror film, but it also presented the debut of Marins’ iconic character Coffin Joe. I still believe that this master of menace deserves to be as well-known as the likes of Freddy Krueger, Pinhead, or even Coffin Joe’s fellow mortician the Tall Man.
This movie dealt with the vile figure’s reign of terror in Sao Paolo, Brazil. For my full reviews of each of these movies click HERE.
THIS NIGHT I’LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE (1967)
Coffin Joe is back, more powerful than before. He unleashes more horrors upon Sao Paolo while continuing his search for “the perfect woman” with whom to mate and perpetuate his evil bloodline.
This sequel contains the brief color segment featuring Jose Marins’ twisted version of Hell.
In addition to the scares, This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse also features Coffin Joe elaborating on his perverse personal philosophy.
THE STRANGE WORLD OF COFFIN JOE (1968)
This time around, the Brazilian auteur treats viewers to an anthology film in which he stars in three horror shorts, plus hosts the wraparound segments as Coffin Joe.
Want to see Marins’ take on animated killer dolls? This movie’s got it!
Want to see Marins as a Hannibal Lecter style cannibal long before Hannibal Lecter was even a thing? This movie’s got it!
Want to see Marins in a tale about the corpse of a newlywed bride? This movie’s got it!
BLOODY EXORCISM OF COFFIN JOE (1974)
This movie was known internationally as Black Exorcism or Exorcismo Negro.
Two full decades before Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, Coffin Joe went meta with his oeuvre.
Marins starred in this movie as both himself and as his most famous horror creation Coffin Joe.
The director tries to reassure people that Coffin Joe was just a character he created and played. Meanwhile, undermining his efforts, dead bodies pile up as Marins’ evil counterpart pulls the strings from a realm somewhere between fantasy and reality.
THE STRANGE HOSTEL OF PLEASURES (1976)
A late-night ritual during a thunderstorm causes Coffin Joe to rise from his casket and oversee a bizarre inn.
An assortment of evil men and women seek shelter from the storm by checking into the hotel only to find monstrous surprises awaiting them. To say more would spoil the twists involved in this film.
Suffice it to say the movie plays like a combination of Hammer’s horror tinged with erotica plus harder material that would have fit in perfectly in the grindhouse theaters of old 42nd Street.
HALLUCINATIONS OF A DERANGED MIND (1978)
More meta hijinks as a psychiatrist is tormented by recurring nightmares in which Coffin Joe kills him and steals his wife, pronouncing her “the perfect woman” through which to continue his bloodline.
His colleagues arrange a meeting with film director Jose Mojica Marins to try to convince their friend that Coffin Joe is nothing more than a fictional character.
Needless to say, the horror is just beginning for the man and his wife.
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Lulu: “Our Dada says he initially misread this as ‘Coffee Joe’ which would be pretty funny because ‘Joe’ is just another name for ‘Coffee’.”
Java Bean: “Ayyy, wait, so the president is Coffee Biden? And the movie ‘Meet Joe Black’ is the same as ‘Meet Coffee Black’?”
Lulu: “Sure why not? Especially that second one, which actually makes a weird kind of sense.”
Pretty funny! I like the line of reasoning behind all that!
Leave it to the Balladman to make what (spwilcenwrites) considers uninteresting interesting. Your superb review work aside, Imma forgo running down to Podunk Junction’s Regional Libarry to see isn’t there a tome to smuggle home to read while mixing Bourbon intg my nog. Nog? Is nog allowed this early in the official autumn-winter holiday slugfest? Maybe not. Bonus! Your lovely models. Zooks, there appears to be distinct advantages to being a fully perfessional blog person. One can aspire…
Thanks for the kind words! And hey, nog is never out of season in my opinion. As for the rest, those were years ago, but still draw a lot of views.
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