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. Continue reading
THE SECRET OF THE MUMMY (1982, 1983) – This Brazilian horror film was released as O Segredo da Mumia in 1982 and with English subtitles as The Secret of the Mummy in 1983. It was directed by the one and only Ivan Cardoso aka Ivan the Terrible to fans. 
The Secret of the Mummy is a terrific starting point for Ivan’s movies, whether you’re interested in foreign cinema or looking for a change of pace in a mummy flick. It’s also a good introduction to his eccentric style – frequent changes between black & white footage and color footage, riffs on global cinema and periodic insertions of bizarre sex comedy. 
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