À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma (1964)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

José Mojica Marins

Writers:

Waldomiro França (writer)
José Mojica Marins (writer)

Release Date:

9 November 1964 (Brazil)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A gravedigger prowls the city in search of a female to bear him a son. |

Plot Keywords:

Son | Bathtub | Owl | Good Versus Evil | Corpse

Cast

José Mojica Marins	...	Zé do Caixão
Magda Mei	...	Terezinha de Oliveira
Nivaldo Lima	...	Antônio de Andrade
Valéria Vasquez	...	Lenita Zanatas
Ilídio Martins Simões	...	Dr. Rodolfo
Eucaris Moraes	...	Velha Bruxa
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robinson Aielo
Almir Barbosa
Suzy Barros
Geraldo Bueno
Cardoso
Claudiana
Eurípedes da Silva		(as Eurípides Silva)
Genésio de Carvalho
Laura Duarte
Waldomiro França
Iko Galdine
Luiz Gonçalves
Graveto
Jonny Grégio
Arildo Iruam
Mario Lima
Luana
Laurindo Luarelli	...	Zé do Caixão (voice)
Raul Malentaqui
Antônio Marins	...	S. Francisco
Carmen Marins	...	D. Joana
Renato Melo
Avelino Morais
Cícero Paulino
Vânia Rangel
Tomás Sebastião
Leandro Vieira
José Vilar

Also Known As:

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (USA)

Runtime:

Brazil:84 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Company:

Indústria Cinematográfica Apolo

Trivia:

Director 'Jose Mojica Marins' played the main role when the original actor quit. He put on his best black suit and added a top hat. He had very long thumb nails so the makeup man added long artificial fingernails to his fingers.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Zé do Caixão: What is life? It is the beginning of death. What is death? It is the end of life! What is existence? It is the continuity of blood. What is blood? It is the reason to exist!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Coffin Joe's Vision's of Terror (1994) (V)

Had I started here first.......

Had I started with the first Coffin Joe film (this one) I may not have been interested in the others, but I watched This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse first, which apparently had a higher budget and was more bizarre and to my liking. This one is just OK for a first film, I guess, fake skulls, a fake owl, kind of hokey, if you ask me, but for 1964, still not too bad, and a bit over the top, as I guess all Coffin Joe films are. The plot line is about the same, or perhaps the purpose, the guy wants a kid, a son, to be exact. He doesn't seem to understand that by dressing in black and looking and acting strange that most women are for some reason not attracted to him. We have a 3 Stooges style eye gouging, as though Moe had 2 inch fingernails. We have a drowning, a hanging, and other cheery things, plus an over-acted gypsy witch to boot. This was kind of fun in a dark way but not nearly as good as the 2nd film, now I'll be in search of more and later releases from the wacky Jose Mojica Marins, AKA Coffin Joe, AKA Xe do Caixao. 5 out of 10.