The best José Mojica Marins’s movies

José Mojica Marins

José Mojica Marins

13/03/1936- 19/02/2020
Today we present the best José Mojica Marins’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best José Mojica Marins’s movies.
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At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
6.9/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 09/11/1964
  • Character: Zé do Caixão
Coffin Joe terrorizes a small peasant community in his search for the perfect woman to bear him a child.

Embodiment of Evil

Embodiment of Evil
5.9/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 08/08/2008
  • Character: Zé do Caixão
After 40 years in a cell for the mentally ill, Coffin Joe is finally freed. Back on the streets, the sadistic gravedigger is set on fulfilling that for which he was imprisoned: find the woman who can give him the perfect child. During his wanderings through the city of São Paulo he leaves behind a trail of horror as he faces unnatural laws and popular beliefs.

Hellish Flesh

Hellish Flesh
5.4/10
  • Genre: HorrorThriller
  • Release: 24/03/1977
  • Character: Dr. George Medeiros
Dr. Jorge Medeiros is a weird scientist who does not has time for his beautiful wife Rachel and is always busy with his so called experiences. She falls in love with Oliver, best friend of her husband, and soon after the two plan to kill Jorge and inherit his fortune. Benefiting from the distraction of her husband in the laboratory, Raquel throws acid on Jorge's face, disfiguring it. As he recovers in the hospital, Raquel and Oliver spend all his money. After months in hospital, the beguiled husband comes back home, with a special plan for revenge in mind.

The Abyss

The Abyss
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/06/1977
  • Character: Professor Pearson
Man tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange situations. In fact, the plot is just an excuse to tackle the subjects of mysticism and human condition.

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
7/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 13/03/1967
  • Character: Zé do Caixão
Coffin Joe is still looking for the perfect woman to give birth to a son of his, and, cleared of the past crimes in At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, keeps terrorizing the people in his small town with his iconoclast and sadistic practices.

Cult of Terror

Cult of Terror
6.8/10
A nostalgic journey to the universe of cinephilia and the passion for fantasy, told by its specialists, fans and world stars.

Ed Mort

Ed Mort
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/05/1997
  • Character: Silva 3
A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.

CELEBRAÇÃO - 100 ANOS DO CINEMA NACIONAL

CELEBRAÇÃO - 100 ANOS DO CINEMA NACIONAL
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Awakening of the Beast

Awakening of the Beast
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaHorror
  • Release: 01/01/1970
  • Character: Himself / Zé do Caixão
Psychiatrist experiments LSD on 4 volunteers, to investigate Coffin Joe's influence over them. Each patient presents a different reaction, involving sex, perversion and sadism.

The Strange World of Coffin Joe

The Strange World of Coffin Joe
6.3/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 25/11/1968
  • Character: Professor Oãxiac Odéz
Coffin Joe presents an anthology film which tells three macabre tales, all delightfully demented, perverted and grotesque.

The Secret of the Mummy

The Secret of the Mummy
5.1/10
Laughed at when he announced the discovery of the elixer of life, Brazilian scientist Expedito Vitus ends up making the most important archaeological discovery of the century: the tomb of Runamb, the Mummy, in the sands of Egypt. Back in Brazil, he brings the Mummy back to life.

Wild Torture - The Grid

Wild Torture - The Grid
6.9/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 02/01/2001

5 Mentiras

5 Mentiras
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/08/2006
  • Character: Zé do Caixão

Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots

Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
6.7/10
A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard.

When the Gods Fall Asleep

When the Gods Fall Asleep
6.2/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 24/11/1972
  • Character: Zé do Caixão
Prophet Finis Hominis escapes from jail and resumes his mission of saving humanity from its moral ruin.

End of Man

End of Man
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/12/1971
  • Character: Finis Hominis
Stark naked man comes out from the sea and begins to walk the streets, interfering in daily episodes, always in search of justice. He names himself Finis Hominis (The End of Man, in latin), and soon becomes sort of a modern Messiah, capable of performing miracles. An adulterous woman and a cheated husband are among his most faithful followers, as well as a group of hippies.

The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe

The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe
6/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 23/09/1974
  • Character: Ze do Caixao
Filmmaker José Mojica Marins travels to spend Christmas with friends in a small farm, where they spend leisure time while Mojica writes the story for his next film. However, he observes eerie things in the house, with his friends being possessed one by one by some supernatural evil force.

The First Time of Brazilian Cinema

The First Time of Brazilian Cinema
7.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/05/2013
  • Character: Himself
In 1982, almost five million people took theaters to see Erotic Things, the first pornochanchada film, a soft-porn Brazilian genre of its own. The production is today considered a major episode in the history of Brazilian cinema because it was launched during the country's military dictatorship. Thirty years later, The First Time of Brazilian Cinema found the producers and actors to tell the inside story of this fascinating journey.

Um Show de Verão

Um Show de Verão
2.4/10
  • Genre: Romance
  • Release: 30/01/2004
  • Character: Dono da Funerária
Andréa, a poor telemarketing salesgirl, dreams of being a singer. Her rich boyfriend Fred hires a musical producer, Marcelo, to turn her into a star. But she and Marcelo end up falling in love.

The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures

The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
4.7/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 16/10/1976
  • Character: Zé do Caixão
Coffin Joe opens a hostel which will be run by himself and five other carefully chosen people. The hostel soon fills up with dozens of guests including partying hippies and gambling gangsters, who soon begin to suspect that this hostel is far from normal....

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