While this is not the first time at midnight ill take your soul has been released on dvd, synapse has released a newly remastered dvd of the film, taken from a 35 mm negative scan supervised by writer director star jose mojica marins, aka coffin joe. The transfer to dvd is excellent on this film as well as the other two. In honor of his idiosyncratic life and legacy, the pfs will screen the restored version of that groundbreaking classic at midnight ill take your soul, for the first time in ten years it was last shown at their 2010 psychotronic film festival at the now defunct muse arts warehouse. We received the town today and the american releases on december 28th, so we ll hopefully have it by next week. Not a bad introduction for the brazilian horror genre.
At midnight ill take your soul 1964 jose mojica marins. This category includes films completely or partially in portuguese. We dont learn about coffin joes past during the two official coffin joe movies, at midnight i ll take your soul 1963 and this night i ll possess your corpse1966. At midnight ill take your soul photos view all photos 1 movie info. The brazilian film at midnight ill take your soul 1963 features a character who is a strong contender for the most hateful, obnoxious, despicable, slimy and loathsome creature in horror movie history. Coffin joe is still looking for the perfect woman to give birth to a son of his, and, cleared of the past crimes in the first film at midnight ill take your soul, keeps terrorizing the people in his small town with his iconoclast and sadistic practices. Its fair to say that at midnight is less a coherent, plotdriven film and more an. This night ill possess your corpse esta noite encarnarei. At midnight ill take your soul the cinema snob youtube.
I started watching soul eater only a few weeks agolike any good fangirl, it soon took over my life. It is this, when characters in film directly reflect the way life really works, that. A funeral director jose mojica marins mutilates and murders in a quest to find the ideal woman. One of the most disturbing characters in a horror film with soem really sick scenes. Refund receive your entire order amount minus nonrefundable convenience fees refunded back to your original method exclusions apply, click here for details. Now, his bitterness has turned him into a creature of near demonic intensity who only believes in himself. The making of this night ill possess your corpse 8 mins. At midnight ill take your soul 1964 movie moviefone. This night ill possess your corpse esta noite encarnarei no. Startling, atmospheric and incredibly gruesome, this film is followed by this night ill possess your corpse and embodiment of evil all available from synapse films. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.
A meianoite levarei sua alma is a 1964 brazilian horror film, by filmmakeractor jose mojica marins. Smokie ill meet you at midnight 1976, vinyl discogs. At midnight ill take your soul has been cited as brazils first horror film, and the countrys newness to the genre shows they definitely get the horror idea, but theyre missing a plot. In 1964s at midnight ill take your soul, marins introduces his alter. At midnight ill take your soul jose mojica marins, 1964. Atlantic records president jerry wexler said he was going to bring down this great singer wilson pickett to record at stax studio where cropper was a session guitarist and i didnt know what groups hed been in or whatever. The cinema snob spotlights the first coffin joe ze do caizao movie at midnight ill take your soul in honor of writerdirectorstar jose mojica marins who passed away february 2020. Zes ramblings about religion may even offend some overly sensitive viewers, more so than the rather bloody sequences. Dec 29, 2010 its a movie that lingers in your mind, the way a melville film might. At midnight ill take your soul 1964 directed by jose. In this sense, its also a politically prescient movie. Gory deadly overkill title of fatal death tv tropes.
Coffin joe both directed and starred in his first film, which spawned a film career and a cult following to this date. Theres not a more frightening image in the film than the contextless shot of an obscenely large tarantula crawling over the soft skin of a gagged and restrained woman shaking with fear. At midnight ill take your soul is a 1964 brazilian horror film directed and co written by jose mojica marins. Brazils first horror film, at midnight ill take your soul, features the first appearance of coffin joe jose mojica marins of the coffin joe trilogy.
At midnight ill take your soul is the first in a long line of films that focus on this central character. Those that negatively cross his both end up dead in seconds. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Synapse films is proud to present the coffin joe trilogy, a three film dvd collection containing at midnight ill take your soul, this night ill possess your corpse and embodiment of evil. An irish cult film, and more the film scene savannah news. At midnight ill take your soul cast starring luiz goncalves, geraldo bueno, laercio laurelli, jose mojica marins, carmen marins. Its a bizarre juxtaposition some fairly deep existential horror is gleefully fused with a boatload of trashy horror tropes skulls, lightning, spiders etc, special effects that would make hammer horror blush and a completely over the. A meianoite levarei sua alma is a 1964 brazilian horror film, by filmmakeractor jose mojica. An irish cult film, and more the film scene savannah. Analysis essay soul eater series watch it, or ill take your soul.
If your plans change, its easy to refund or exchange your tickets. A meianoite levarei sua alma is a 1963 brazilian horror film, by filmmakeractor jose mojica marins. At midnight ill take your soul is the first in a long line of films that focus on this. Mar 11, 2020 in honor of his idiosyncratic life and legacy, the pfs will screen the restored version of that groundbreaking classic at midnight ill take your soul, for the first time in ten years it was last shown at their 2010 psychotronic film festival at the now defunct muse arts warehouse. Brazils first horror film, at midnight ill take your soul, features the first appearance of coffin joe jose mojica marins of the coffin. Made for a pittance, shot with barely enough film cans to allow for multiple takes, and using sets built in a tiny indoor studio, at midnight ill take your soul is part vintage spook showlink to def, classic universal monster movie, and shakespearean tragedy.
Will at midnight ill take your soul be a brooding, existential picture. In the wake of the film remain so many questions and ambiguities aswell as a penetrating sense of loneliness coming from a film deliberately and completely stripped of glamour. Analysis essay soul eater series watch it, or ill take. At midnight ill take your soulthis night i will possess. The films editing style is completely fragmented by insane transitions. Startling, atmospheric and incredibly gruesome, this film is followed by this night i ll possess your corpse and embodiment of evil all available from synapse films. A meianoite levarei sua alma at midnight ill take your. This one is pretty decent, thanks to a bigger budget. Fantoma always seems to do a wonderful job with this facet of dvd production. At midnight ill take your soul is a true work of art dealing with the social and sexual angst of a very puritan nation entering an oppressive military dictatorship. All refundsexchanges must be completed before posted showtimes. Wilson pickett recorded in the midnight hour at stax studios, memphis, may 12, 1965. Sep 24, 20 at midnight ill take your soul original title. I finished the anime series and had no idea what to do afterwards, so i figured id write about it.
A gravedigger prowls the city in search of a female to bear him a son. Ze do caixao known to us yanks as coffin joe is back on dvd from synapse films in his first two efforts at midnight ill take your soul and this night i will possess your corpse. At midnight ill take your soul 1964 plot keywords imdb. Jose mojica marins, one of the most unforgettable directoractors ever, began his bizarre career in 1963 with at midnight ill take your soul, a film shot on scraps that turned out to be a huge hit in screens across the nation. At midnight ill take your soul was the first brazilian horror film.
At midnight ill take your soul 1964this night i will possess your corpse 1967 director. At midnight ill take your soul, its sequel this night ill possess your corpse and the loosely related the bloody exorcism of coffin joe the third film, embodiment of evil, is too light for this trope. Weve found 11,822 lyrics, 47 artists, and 50 albums matching midnight. With marins third film, at midnight ill take your soul, we are immediately familiarized with a fullyformed icon. At midnight ill take your soul 1963 complete movie. The discs include video interviews with the director and original theatrical trailers. Coffin joe, undertaker, uberman, existential philosopher and sadist murders his way through on his quest to find a woman to continue his blood line.
Fantoma is proud to present at midnight ill take your soul in a new director approved edition. Years before freddy krueger, another maniacal fiend with long fingernails stalked world cinemas for years in brazil. Chilling, horrific, gastly, our buddy here, coffin joe, will take you on a surreal trip where he torments, tortures, taunts, and deeply troubles everyone he comes into contact with. The making of at midnight ill take your soul 10 mins.
At midnight ill take your soul a meia noite levarei sua alma 84 minutes 9 november 1964 brazil early brazilian horror film directed by and starring jose mojica marins, who introduces his alter ego ze do caixao coffin joe. Joe terrorizes a small religious community in his search for the perfect woman to bear a child. Its a bizarre juxtaposition some fairly deep existential horror is gleefully fused with a boatload of trashy horror tropes skulls, lightning, spiders etc, special effects that would make hammer horror blush and a completely over the top score. Born in brazil in 1936, marins was a huge film buff thanks to his father who ran a movie.
Ze, for his part, absolutely relishes his neighbors fear and hatred of him. He is ze do caixao, a name that, loosely translated from the portuguese, means coffin joe, and he would go on to become a wildly popular. At midnight ill take your soul is celebrated as the first true horror film ever made in brazil and is extremely graphic and frightening for its time. At midnight i ll take your soul photos view all photos 1 movie info. Written, directed, and starring jose mojica marins, at midnight i ll take your soul holds the honor of being brazil s first horror film. Frightening, atmospheric and startlingly graphic for its time.
Mar 04, 20 at midnight ill take your soul original title. The resulting movie, at midnight ill take your soula meianoite levarei sua alma. At midnight ill take your soul 1964 directed by jose mojica. A meianoite levarei sua alma is a 1964 brazilian horror film directed and cowritten by jose mojica marins. Startling, atmospheric and incredibly gruesome, this film is followed by this night ill possess your corpse and embodiment of. Coffin joe is still looking for the perfect woman to give birth to a son of his, and, cleared of the past crimes in the first film at midnight ill take your soul, keeps terrorizing the.
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. When the inevitable recommendation question is asked over the holidays, push the town and save the american for those few people who might appreciate it. At midnight i will take your soul internet archive. Geraldo bueno, laercio laurelli, jose mojica marins, luiz goncalves, laercio laurelli, magda mei, carmen marins, jose mojica marins, nivaldo lima, cicero paulino, valeria vasquez, valeria vasquez, waldomiro franca, ilidio martins. Jose mojica marins, magda mei, nivaldo lima, valeria. Instead, the film follows ze do caixao marins as he commits increasingly despicable acts of violence and blasphemy, all while searching for a woman to. Not only do these flashforwards mark every soul in at midnight ill take your soul as predamned, they speak to marins affinity for dark foreshadowing. Brazilian horror auteur jose mojica marins both directs and stars in this. The film debut of coffin joe was also the first true horror film.
Maybe marins planned to reveal coffin joes background in the final. Marins stars as ze do caixao known in englishspeaking countries as coffin joe, an undertaker who believes that he can achieve immortality by having a son, a concept he refers to as the continuation of blood. The film debut of coffin joe was also the first true horror film make in brazil. Feb 17, 2014 analysis essay soul eater series watch it, or ill take your soul. It relies heavier on exploitation elements than the first film. At midnight i ll take your soul, its sequel this night i ll possess your corpse and the loosely related the bloody exorcism of coffin joe the third film, embodiment of evil, is too light for this trope. Oct 22, 20 not only do these flashforwards mark every soul in at midnight ill take your soul as predamned, they speak to marins affinity for dark foreshadowing.
Jul 21, 2017 at midnight ill take your soul is a rather dark and bleak horror film, one without much humor or hope. A direct sequel to at midnight i ll take your soul. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. This trilogy of films contains the classic story of coffin joes descent into madness and violence as he murders and tortures men and women in.
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