José Mojica Marins

José Mojica Marins

Birth : 1936-03-13, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Death : 2020-02-19

History

José Mojica Marins (March 13, 1936 - February 19, 2020) was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, television and media personality. His interest in filmmaking began at an early age. When Marins was three, his father ran a local cinema, and the family lived in a flat above the theater. Marins is also known by his alter ego Coffin Joe (loosely translated from Zé do Caixão). Although Marins is known primarily as a horror film director, his earlier works were Westerns, dramas and adventure films.

Profile

José Mojica Marins

Movies

The Curse
Producer
Juvenal and Marina go on a trip. In spite of the warnings, Juvenal takes some pictures of a strange elderly lady who places a curse on him for photographing her. The curse will take over his life. Juvenal will try to get rid of the curse in a variety of ways with the help of Marina.
The Curse
Story
Juvenal and Marina go on a trip. In spite of the warnings, Juvenal takes some pictures of a strange elderly lady who places a curse on him for photographing her. The curse will take over his life. Juvenal will try to get rid of the curse in a variety of ways with the help of Marina.
The Curse
Director
Juvenal and Marina go on a trip. In spite of the warnings, Juvenal takes some pictures of a strange elderly lady who places a curse on him for photographing her. The curse will take over his life. Juvenal will try to get rid of the curse in a variety of ways with the help of Marina.
A Última Praga de Mojica
Self
Texas Carlos Massacre
In Memory Of
Guided by his doctor (or is it voices in his head?), a young director is given a mission: to go to Texas to make an abstract roadmovie (“Unfocused film! Focus is repressed!”) about the Housecore Horror Festival of Film and Music, a festival that brings together cinema and extreme music.
The Good Cinema
Self
An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the voice of some of its select conspirators—with Carlos Reichenbach at the lead—, and through the most razing flow of images that can possibly be conceived.
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
Self (archive footage)
A totally Cardoso-appropriated footage delirium, done as a tribute to US independent cinema's original rebel. In the end, Corman himself blesses Cardoso by saying: "You blended horror, sex and humour very well. And particularly the editing is very good because the film never lagged or slowed down". Which film? This one!
A Praga do Cinema Brasileiro
Coffin Joe's Heart of Darkness
Director
One of the great iconic filmmakers of the horror genre returns with one of the final projects he will manage in his lifetime.
Cult of Terror
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and rock-spirited immersion into the universe of cinephilia, in search of genre specialists, fans and filmmakers who speak of their shared passion for fantastic cinema; a whole international spiritual community united under the cathartic shadow of horror.
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material; more than two hundred scanned photos and more than one hundred films watched. In total, more than a thousand hours of work were needed to prepare Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century. The work is a fascinating journey through all the cinematic cycles that Brazil lived, from the pioneering Belle Époque, through the great studios like Atlântica and Cinédia, Cinema Novo, the urban comedies of the 70's, until the resumption in the late 90's. The documentary is unique, it gives the floor to who really wrote and lived this story intensely.
SP Zero 15
15 directors telling 15 tales about São Paulo.
Horror no Cinema Nacional
Memórias da Boca
An anthology film (eight shorts) honoring the Boca do Lixo ("Mouth of Garbage") film production in the downtown area of São Paulo, Brazil.
Memórias da Boca
Director
An anthology film (eight shorts) honoring the Boca do Lixo ("Mouth of Garbage") film production in the downtown area of São Paulo, Brazil.
Coffin Joe Born Again
Director
The legendary Jose Mojica Marins, along with Marcelo Colaiacovo and Nilson Primitivo created this mind blowing experimental horror film. After two heart attacks in 2014, the Brazilian master is back with new footage and original script. These rare images were discovered by Marcelo Colaiacovo during his thirteen years of researching the Coffin Joe archives. It was during this time that Colaiacovo discovered several film cans full of unprocessed 35mm material from the 1970s - 1990s, some of which was used to create this short film. Using an experimental processing technique with assorted chemicals in his Resistência Filmes laboratory, Colaiacovo and Nilson Primitivo (King of the Brazilian Underground) worked together to ressurect these treasures to life.
Afonso é uma Brazza
Zé do Caixão
Afonso Brazza became a fireman for the love of the profession. He became a film director and actor for the same reason. Brazza became one of the most original directors of Brazilian cinema. He died at age 48, the victim of cancer. The documentary material was filmed before his death and shows our hero fighting fires in real life and fictional villains. Brazza was a dreamer. His story entertains and thrills.
Entrando Numa Roubada
Gerente do Banco
A film director, Walter, meets his old team to make a "road movie". With no money, they will have come up with scams in order to make the production possible while at the same time plotting revenge.
Carniçal
Pai
Felipe is a boy with a double life, whose relationship with an older woman does not have the approval of his mother, a bitter woman. With the arrival of a band of gypsies, a secret will come to light bringing an irreversible outcome.
Dark Fables
A group of kids embarks in a macabre adventure, full of characters from the Brazilian popular imaginary - the werewolf, a witch, a ghost, monsters and The Saci.
Dark Fables
Director
A group of kids embarks in a macabre adventure, full of characters from the Brazilian popular imaginary - the werewolf, a witch, a ghost, monsters and The Saci.
O Saci
Pastor
A girl crosses the forest to get milk and on the way she knows about Saci, who punishes those who do not respect the people of the forest.
O Saci
Director
A girl crosses the forest to get milk and on the way she knows about Saci, who punishes those who do not respect the people of the forest.
Mal Passado
A boy goes to his girlfriend's home and is handcuffed on bed before discovering some strange food habits from her family.
Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso
This film is Ivan Cardoso's new incursion on pop and experimental cinema, making an hommage to old screenings at Cine AC, and reuniting restaured films and new works.
Sangue Marginal
The First Time of Brazilian Cinema
Himself
In 1982, almost five million people took theaters to see Erotic Things, the first Brazilian porn film. 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.
The Profane Exhibit
Director
Deep within the underbelly of Paris, there is a club which is the home of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but within the cavernous building are many hidden rooms, one of which is known as "The Room of Souls," a private gathering place of the world's richest and most evil people. Their host is the elegant yet frightening Madame Sabatier. For their amusement each member takes a turn and spins a true tale of depravity.
Let Your Fans Be Your Distributor!
Self
Lloyd Kaufman Goes to São Paulo, Brazil to teach his famous "Make Your Own Damn Movie" Master Class, and while there he meets with the heart of the Brazilian film industry!
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
Jorge, bastard child of the infamous Red Light Bandit, decides himself to pursuit a life of crime after meeting with his father, who has been incarcerated for the last 30 years.
Gurcius Gewdner Show
Master of the World
"Gurcius Gewdner Show" is the pilot of a nonsense humor program. Presented by the irreverent character that gives the program its title, it follows the comic line of the revolutionary Monty Python´s Flying Circus and South Park, and is full of references to the world of pop culture and information and jokes that deal with such diverse subjects - and with the same greatness of relevance - as the trajectory of Rafael Ilha and the works of famous poets.
A Descent Into Coffin Joe's Hell
Ele mesmo
Documentary about José Mojica Marins made by film students.
O Fim da Picada
After taking part in a satanic orgy at a beach in 1850, Macário meets Exú-Lebara, a female pagan entity. She decides to go along in his trip but tricks him into going to 2008 São Paulo.
FilmeFobia
Zé do Caixão
The making of an unfinished film about phobias. Says the director. Behind the screens, he discusses at length (with e.g. Coffin Joe) about the aesthetic boundaries of the project: volunteers under controlled circumstances become immersed in their phobias in order to film the fear on their faces.
Pousada da Paz
Script Supervisor
A horrible secret is hidden in a remote lodge, in this low-budget short film made in a workshop in the 2nd Festival Motel X, horror film festival in Lisbon.
Embodiment of Evil
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.
Embodiment of Evil
Writer
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.
Embodiment of Evil
Director
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.
The Capitol of the Dead
Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
Rock Rocket: Doidão
Pináculo da Miséria
Director
Pináculo da Miséria
A Hora do Terrir
Person
Self
Person is a documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person. The documentary brings the reconstruction of the history of the São Paulo filmmaker through the personal journey of his daughter, Marina. Through interviews with friends, family, and people who worked with Person, she seeks to discover more than dates and biographical data.
5 Mentiras
Zé do Caixão
Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
A Marca do Terrir
Compilation of early Ivan Cardoso's films in Super 8, including "Nosferato no Brasil (Nosferato in Brazil)"
Necrophagia - Nightmare Scenarios
Director
Horror-metal is definitely an acquired taste. The band Necrophagia is blasting through each of these short horror vignettes and you really have to appreciate metal not to get totally turned off. The vignettes feature mutilation, zombies, and lots of blood and gore, some of it really disgusting. Director Ryan Nicholson is better known for his make-up artistry, and been nominated and won an award for makeup in "Andromeda" and "Stargate SG-1". Director Vince D'Amato has only done direct-to-video films. Jenna Jameson was only on for a second or two saying "Necrophagia Rules." The things I sit through to see Paul Naschy. His character in the film was just window dressing, but the interview in the extras was good.
Um Show de Verão
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.
Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora
The Devil Baby Was Born in São Paulo
An investigation into three São Paulo urban legends: The Devil Baby, the Blonde of the Bathroom and the Clown Gang. Originated in rumours, they were reported by the extinct tabloid Notícias Populares (NP) at different times. From this search, a universe is revealed where fantasy and reality are confused.
A Lasanha Assassina: O Ataque das Massas
A forgotten lasagna mutates into a monster.
Samba Song
Zé Rocha is a director trying to shoot his first film. He dreams of making a professional movie, and starts shooting in 35mm. But as his budget begins to fade, he changes to Black-and-White, then gradually down to 16mm, Super-8 and, in the end, to his despair, to the video format. With the help of Edna Marla, producer who is searching for the Holy Grail of a genuinely 100% Brazilian celluloid; Dona Martírio, his mother, former left-wing activist; Guará Rodrigues, an underground Brazilian movie star; and Lila Lessa, who stars in a 6 p.m. soap opera, they develop strategies and outlandish plans to win the insane battle of filmmaking in Brazil.
Mojica na Neve: Esta Noite Encarnarei em Sundance
Himself
Coffin Joe: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins
Himself
The first documentary on José Mojica Marins's (the legendary Zé do Caixão or Coffin Joe) life and work. The film tells Mojica's history, from his poor childhood in Vila Anastácio, São Paulo (Brazil), until his success abroad in the '90s.
Wild Torture - The Grid
Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
A look into the Porto Fantastic Film Festival at Portugal.
O Auto de Leidiana
Ed Mort
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
Self
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Coffin Joe Tales
Padre / Cavaleiro do Medo
Woman who was raped and murdered reincarnates in the body of Maria Imaculada, a meek housemaid who hides her true inner evil behind an innocent face, secretly performs satanic rites in her room and changes the life of the family she's working for. Her intent is revenge against all the men crossing her way.
At Midnight with Glauber Rocha
A late-1960s interview with Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, mixed in avant-garde style with scenes from his films and clips from fellow filmmaker José Mojica Marins and visual artist Hélio Oiticica.
Homem sem terra - A volta de João Amorim
Babu - Damned Revenge
(as Coffin Joe)
Ultra low budget, shot-on-video Brazilian horror involves a devil worship cult sacrificing women to Satan.
Júlio o Rei dos Vilões
Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard.
Queen of Clubs
An unhappy woman, married and mother of two children, has problems with her alcoholic husband, sexually rejecting him, and only reaching pleasure in hallucinating erotic dreams.
Demons and Wonders
Himself
An autobiographical docu-drama that chronicles the filmmaker's struggle with narrow minded authorities, critics, and personal tragedy.
Demons and Wonders
Director
An autobiographical docu-drama that chronicles the filmmaker's struggle with narrow minded authorities, critics, and personal tragedy.
The Beauties of Billings
A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.
48 Hours of Hallucinatory Sex
After seeing the film "24 Horas de Sexo Explícito", Dr Margaret, sexologist hires the same crew to make a new movie, doubling the time - an orgy which would last for 48 hours, to further her research on sex. But as the film progresses it is revealed that she may have an ulterior goal in coaxing her actors into their drugged and sexually frenzied states.
48 Hours of Hallucinatory Sex
Director
After seeing the film "24 Horas de Sexo Explícito", Dr Margaret, sexologist hires the same crew to make a new movie, doubling the time - an orgy which would last for 48 hours, to further her research on sex. But as the film progresses it is revealed that she may have an ulterior goal in coaxing her actors into their drugged and sexually frenzied states.
Fatal Hours
Dr. Honório
Hour of Fear
In São Paulo, Alberto is an insane and sadistic man that kills women, and lives with his mother that covers all his mess. When he kills his mother's employee Eliana, stabbing her in the bathtub, they bury her in the backyard of their house. Eliana's fiancé unsuccessfully seeks her out and when Alberto's mother advertises that she needs a driver, he applies for the job to sneak around the real estate trying to find Eliana.
Hour of Fear
Director
In São Paulo, Alberto is an insane and sadistic man that kills women, and lives with his mother that covers all his mess. When he kills his mother's employee Eliana, stabbing her in the bathtub, they bury her in the backyard of their house. Eliana's fiancé unsuccessfully seeks her out and when Alberto's mother advertises that she needs a driver, he applies for the job to sneak around the real estate trying to find Eliana.
O Filho do Sexo Explícito
24 horas de Sexo Explícito
Writer
Director José Mojica Marins' biggest box-office film ever: Three young men make a wager on which one is able to have sex with more partners in a 24-hour period. They take several women to a beach house where the contest takes place.
24 horas de Sexo Explícito
Director
Director José Mojica Marins' biggest box-office film ever: Three young men make a wager on which one is able to have sex with more partners in a 24-hour period. They take several women to a beach house where the contest takes place.
Fifth Dimension of Sex
Two Chemistry students, unlucky with women, develop a formula that turns them into crazed rapists. But they eventually discover that they are in love with each other!
Fifth Dimension of Sex
Director
Two Chemistry students, unlucky with women, develop a formula that turns them into crazed rapists. But they eventually discover that they are in love with each other!
Father Pedro and the Revolt of the Children
Rodrigo Napu
The dedicated priest Pedro arrives in the city of Serinhaém, ready to reopen the church, closed by the feared local bandit, Rodrigo Napu, and tries to reestablish the Catholic faith of the population, oppressed by the domination of the evildoer.
The Secret of the Mummy
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.
Fogo-Fátuo
Chapeuzinho Vermelho
World Market of Sex
Mauro
On Christmas Eve, Mauro, a reporter, has 24 hours to find a headline.
World Market of Sex
Writer
On Christmas Eve, Mauro, a reporter, has 24 hours to find a headline.
World Market of Sex
Director
On Christmas Eve, Mauro, a reporter, has 24 hours to find a headline.
Perversion
Vitorio Palestrina
A prominent millionaire gets a woman drunk and rapes her, biting off her nipple in the process. Because of his influence and powerful lawyer, though, he is able to beat the rap, claiming the woman was trying to extort money from him. He continues his life of debauchery, using women and flaunting his power until he meets a new woman, who won't let him have his way with her, but wants to be his friend. Falling madly in love with her, he cleans up his act and devotes his attentions to her, not realizing that she has a hidden agenda.
Perversion
Screenplay
A prominent millionaire gets a woman drunk and rapes her, biting off her nipple in the process. Because of his influence and powerful lawyer, though, he is able to beat the rap, claiming the woman was trying to extort money from him. He continues his life of debauchery, using women and flaunting his power until he meets a new woman, who won't let him have his way with her, but wants to be his friend. Falling madly in love with her, he cleans up his act and devotes his attentions to her, not realizing that she has a hidden agenda.
Perversion
Story
A prominent millionaire gets a woman drunk and rapes her, biting off her nipple in the process. Because of his influence and powerful lawyer, though, he is able to beat the rap, claiming the woman was trying to extort money from him. He continues his life of debauchery, using women and flaunting his power until he meets a new woman, who won't let him have his way with her, but wants to be his friend. Falling madly in love with her, he cleans up his act and devotes his attentions to her, not realizing that she has a hidden agenda.
Perversion
Director
A prominent millionaire gets a woman drunk and rapes her, biting off her nipple in the process. Because of his influence and powerful lawyer, though, he is able to beat the rap, claiming the woman was trying to extort money from him. He continues his life of debauchery, using women and flaunting his power until he meets a new woman, who won't let him have his way with her, but wants to be his friend. Falling madly in love with her, he cleans up his act and devotes his attentions to her, not realizing that she has a hidden agenda.
The Universe of Mojica Marins
Self
A film portrait of Jose Mojica Marins.
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind
Producer
A psychiatric doctor is driven insane plagued by nightmarish visions of Coffin Joe's subterranean world of bizarre horror. Under analysis, it's discovered that he has a pathological fear that Joe has sexual designs on his beautiful wife. Unable to cure him, his fellow doctors enlist the services of José Mojica Marins, the creator of Coffin Joe, in an attempt to convince the patient that Joe does not exist. But all is not how it might first appear.
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind
Screenplay
A psychiatric doctor is driven insane plagued by nightmarish visions of Coffin Joe's subterranean world of bizarre horror. Under analysis, it's discovered that he has a pathological fear that Joe has sexual designs on his beautiful wife. Unable to cure him, his fellow doctors enlist the services of José Mojica Marins, the creator of Coffin Joe, in an attempt to convince the patient that Joe does not exist. But all is not how it might first appear.
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind
Himself / Zé do Caixão
A psychiatric doctor is driven insane plagued by nightmarish visions of Coffin Joe's subterranean world of bizarre horror. Under analysis, it's discovered that he has a pathological fear that Joe has sexual designs on his beautiful wife. Unable to cure him, his fellow doctors enlist the services of José Mojica Marins, the creator of Coffin Joe, in an attempt to convince the patient that Joe does not exist. But all is not how it might first appear.
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind
Director
A psychiatric doctor is driven insane plagued by nightmarish visions of Coffin Joe's subterranean world of bizarre horror. Under analysis, it's discovered that he has a pathological fear that Joe has sexual designs on his beautiful wife. Unable to cure him, his fellow doctors enlist the services of José Mojica Marins, the creator of Coffin Joe, in an attempt to convince the patient that Joe does not exist. But all is not how it might first appear.
Horror Palace Hotel
Himself
An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.
The Woman Who Makes Doves Fly
Director
Scientist Adelaide hates men, specially the cheating ones. Researching for revenge methods against them, she estabilishes contact with creatures from outer space, gaining special powers.
The Marble Goddess
A 2000-year-old woman has a pact with the devil to preserve her youth. She must extract the essence of life from the people she has sex with.
The Marble Goddess
Director
A 2000-year-old woman has a pact with the devil to preserve her youth. She must extract the essence of life from the people she has sex with.
O Fracasso de um Homem nas duas Noites de Núpcias
Without any dialogue, the film tells the story of a man who had an Oedipal passion for his mother. After getting married, the disorders return with more force and can lead to unimaginable consequences.
The Abyss
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.
Hellish Flesh
Producer
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.
Hellish Flesh
Screenplay
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.
Hellish Flesh
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.
Hellish Flesh
Director
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 Vampire of the Cinematheque
As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of “inventive cinema” without a plot in the classical sense. Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history, which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera. The author as a vampire sucks from various sources – not only in cinema, but also in poetry and music – and creates a portrait of his time.
Consoling Widows
Director
A bankrupt playboy pays nightly visits to three rich, grieving widowed sisters disguised as their late husband's ghosts. When they all get pregnant, their father hires a priest to exorcise the "ghosts".
The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
Producer
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....
The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
Screenplay
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....
The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
Director
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....
The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
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....
The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe
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 Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe
Writer
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 Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe
Director
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 Virgin and the Tough Guy
Director
When the Gods Fall Asleep
Zé do Caixão
Prophet Finis Hominis escapes from jail and resumes his mission of saving humanity from its moral ruin.
When the Gods Fall Asleep
Writer
Prophet Finis Hominis escapes from jail and resumes his mission of saving humanity from its moral ruin.
When the Gods Fall Asleep
Director
Prophet Finis Hominis escapes from jail and resumes his mission of saving humanity from its moral ruin.
D'Gajão Mata Para Vingar
Director
In a gypsy camp, D'Gajão and Nadja celebrate their marriage. Nearby, the foreman Justin tries to seduce the daughter of his boss, but she dies by hitting his head on a rock. Justin blames the Roma for death, commanding a massacre in the camp. The only survivor is D'Gajão, chasing the bad guys in an insatiable revenge, trying to save his fiancee kidnapped by unscrupulous farmer.
Sex and Blood on Treasure Trail
Ermitão
An american explorer organizes an expedition to the Amazon Rainforest in search of a lost treasure.
Sex and Blood on Treasure Trail
Director
An american explorer organizes an expedition to the Amazon Rainforest in search of a lost treasure.
End of Man
Screenplay
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.
End of Man
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.
End of Man
Director
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.
Audácia!
Self
Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A Badaladíssima dos Trópicos x Os Picaretas do Sexo": shenanigans of a troubled fictional film production. Segment "Amor 69": Actress Maria Vargas is expected to appear nude in a scene, but ultimately refuses to do so.
O Profeta da Fome
Ali Khan
The story of a fakir who works in a decadent circus. He and his colleagues do weirder numbers each day to attract audience, and warrant their survival. The numbers resemble a horror-show and they get marginalized. Through fable and allegory, reality turns stronger and stronger, and more absurd.
Awakening of the Beast
Producer
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.
Awakening of the Beast
Story
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.
Awakening of the Beast
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.
Awakening of the Beast
Director
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 Godless Bandit
The Strange World of Coffin Joe
Producer
Coffin Joe presents an anthology film which tells three macabre tales, all delightfully demented, perverted and grotesque.
The Strange World of Coffin Joe
Story
Coffin Joe presents an anthology film which tells three macabre tales, all delightfully demented, perverted and grotesque.
The Strange World of Coffin Joe
Professor Oãxiac Odéz
Coffin Joe presents an anthology film which tells three macabre tales, all delightfully demented, perverted and grotesque.
The Strange World of Coffin Joe
Director
Coffin Joe presents an anthology film which tells three macabre tales, all delightfully demented, perverted and grotesque.
Trilogy of Terror
Director
An anthology horror film, divided in three segments, directed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century.
Por Exemplo Butantã
This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
Producer
Zé do Caixão, the unholy undertaker, is back in town to continue his quest for the perfect woman, embarking on an even more brutal campaign of terror, aided and abetted by his hunchbacked assistant.
This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
Screenplay
Zé do Caixão, the unholy undertaker, is back in town to continue his quest for the perfect woman, embarking on an even more brutal campaign of terror, aided and abetted by his hunchbacked assistant.
This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
Director
Zé do Caixão, the unholy undertaker, is back in town to continue his quest for the perfect woman, embarking on an even more brutal campaign of terror, aided and abetted by his hunchbacked assistant.
This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
Zé do Caixão
Zé do Caixão, the unholy undertaker, is back in town to continue his quest for the perfect woman, embarking on an even more brutal campaign of terror, aided and abetted by his hunchbacked assistant.
The Devil in Old Town
Story
The town of Vila Velha is put under a reign of terror by a powerful colonel nicknamed "The Devil", who influences local politicians and hires gunslingers to shoot down those who stand up to him.
The Devil in Old Town
Director
The town of Vila Velha is put under a reign of terror by a powerful colonel nicknamed "The Devil", who influences local politicians and hires gunslingers to shoot down those who stand up to him.
The Devil in Old Town
The town of Vila Velha is put under a reign of terror by a powerful colonel nicknamed "The Devil", who influences local politicians and hires gunslingers to shoot down those who stand up to him.
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
Story
Coffin Joe terrorizes a small peasant community in his search for the perfect woman to bear him a child.
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
Zé do Caixão
Coffin Joe terrorizes a small peasant community in his search for the perfect woman to bear him a child.
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
Screenplay
Coffin Joe terrorizes a small peasant community in his search for the perfect woman to bear him a child.
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
Director
Coffin Joe terrorizes a small peasant community in his search for the perfect woman to bear him a child.
My Destiny is in Your Hands
Father
Tired of the constant abuse he suffers in his household, a boy runs away from home and goes on a series of sad and dramatic adventures, in which he finds the opportunity to show the power of his own voice.
My Destiny is in Your Hands
Writer
Tired of the constant abuse he suffers in his household, a boy runs away from home and goes on a series of sad and dramatic adventures, in which he finds the opportunity to show the power of his own voice.
My Destiny is in Your Hands
Director
Tired of the constant abuse he suffers in his household, a boy runs away from home and goes on a series of sad and dramatic adventures, in which he finds the opportunity to show the power of his own voice.
Adventurer's Fate
Writer
After being shot fleeing from a gunfight, the bandit Jaime falls to a riverbank, where is rescued by two beautiful young women. He becomes involved romantically with Dorothy, daughter of a farmer, and for her sake, surrenders to the police. Upon leaving the prison, Jaime has to face Xavier, a bloodthirsty villain who plans on taking revenge on Dorothy's father.
Adventurer's Fate
Director
After being shot fleeing from a gunfight, the bandit Jaime falls to a riverbank, where is rescued by two beautiful young women. He becomes involved romantically with Dorothy, daughter of a farmer, and for her sake, surrenders to the police. Upon leaving the prison, Jaime has to face Xavier, a bloodthirsty villain who plans on taking revenge on Dorothy's father.
Adventurer's Fate
After being shot fleeing from a gunfight, the bandit Jaime falls to a riverbank, where is rescued by two beautiful young women. He becomes involved romantically with Dorothy, daughter of a farmer, and for her sake, surrenders to the police. Upon leaving the prison, Jaime has to face Xavier, a bloodthirsty villain who plans on taking revenge on Dorothy's father.
Reino Sangrento
Two friends travel into the Amazon Rainforest, where they find a hidden kingdom ruled by a bloodthirsty sultan. One of José Mojica Marins' first efforts into filmmaking, shot in 16mm when he was only 12 years-old.
Reino Sangrento
Producer
Two friends travel into the Amazon Rainforest, where they find a hidden kingdom ruled by a bloodthirsty sultan. One of José Mojica Marins' first efforts into filmmaking, shot in 16mm when he was only 12 years-old.
Reino Sangrento
Writer
Two friends travel into the Amazon Rainforest, where they find a hidden kingdom ruled by a bloodthirsty sultan. One of José Mojica Marins' first efforts into filmmaking, shot in 16mm when he was only 12 years-old.
Reino Sangrento
Director
Two friends travel into the Amazon Rainforest, where they find a hidden kingdom ruled by a bloodthirsty sultan. One of José Mojica Marins' first efforts into filmmaking, shot in 16mm when he was only 12 years-old.
O Beijo na Morte
Narrador Convidado
Tiny film made for the "1-minute Film Festival". When the death comes, it is time to kiss her.