At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul
À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma
Directed by:
José Mojica MarinsScreenplay:
José Mojica MarinsComposer:
Herminio GiménezCast:
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Coffin Joe (known as Zé do Caixão, and portrayed by director José Mojica Marins) is a mysterious undertaker in a small Brazilian town. He frowns upon religion and is bitter because his wife cannot bear him a child. After violently killing his wife with a venomous spider, the murder, mutilation and blasphemy escalates as Joe stops at nothing to find a new woman to continue his evil bloodline. The town’s gypsy has a warning for Coffin Joe… the spirits of those he killed may return to claim his soul! Will Coffin Joe escape the wrath of the dead and finally get the child he’s always wanted, or will unholy terror claim him for his hideous crimes? At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul is celebrated as the first true horror film ever made in Brazil and is extremely graphic and frightening for its time. Startling, atmospheric and incredibly gruesome, this film is followed by This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse and Embodiment of Evil. (Synapse Films)
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José Mojica Marins showed with the film "At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul" that horror can really be made anywhere, but that one needs talent for a quality horror film. And Marins definitely had talent. More than fifty years ago, he was not afraid to include a bit of explicitness, but he still succeeds mainly thanks to the oppressive atmosphere and intensity of individual scenes. The final scenes are truly a highlight, including from the perspective of the masks.
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