At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul (1964)
Also known as At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
1964 · Feature film · 83 min · dir. José Mojica Marins
- Horror
- Thriller
- Fantasy
Synopsis
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul is a 1964 Brazilian horror film directed and co-written by José Mojica Marins. Marins stars as Zé do Caixão, 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 marks the first appearance of the Coffin Joe character in media.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- José Mojica Marins
- Writer
- José Mojica Marins
- Cinematography
- Giorgio Attili
- Studio
- Indústria Cinematográfica Apolo
- Released
- 1964-11-09
- Original title
- À Meia Noite Levarei Sua Alma
- Series
- Coffin Joe Collection
- Running time
- 83 minutes
Cast & crew
José Mojica Marins Director- José Mojica Marins
Magda Mei- Nivaldo Lima
- Valéria Vasquez
- Ilídio Martins Simões
Eucaris Moraes
Mario Lima- Arildo Iruam
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Great Movie!! · jws1272 · 2023-01-12
One of the lesser-known, but scariest horror characters. I actually COSPLAY this character.
★★★★★ · It's a must-watch · Pentaro22 · 2023-04-10
One of the great, If not the greatest, brazilian filmmakers of our time. José Mojica Marins is the king of explotation. Even being old, those movies are leagues better than any other thing shat nowadays by Porta dos Fundos or any other contemporary movie made in Brazil. This was the golden era of Brazilian cinema. An age of remarkable creativity, popularity and groundbreaking filmmaking that might never happen again.
★★★★ · surprise! · BoardOp · 2015-09-21
I didn't expect much from this movie; but I was pleasantly surprised. It was a bit intense in some places but what a great Halloween movie this would make. I particularly enjoyed the witches character and the ending scene was nightmare quality.
★★★★ · Coffin Joe! · DJ Psychomike · 2009-03-06
One of the most disturbing characters in a horror film- with soem really sick scenes. POPCORN!
★★★★ · the citizen kane of brazilian horror · MidnightDangler · 2017-11-28
Coffin Joe, undertaker, uberman, existential philosopher and sadist murders his way through on his quest to find a woman to continue his blood line. Lots of horror hijinks and atmosphere. Trivia: whip sounds/screams were sampled from the movie "Barrabas with Anthony Quinn.
★★★★ · wow · thatjeffcarter · 2010-02-06
This movie is pretty intense for something from 1963. It's not B-movie schlock. The violence is intense and shocking, even by today's jaded standards. And Coffin Joe is definately a memorable figure of evil.
