Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver (1967)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

José Mojica Marins

Writers:

Aldenora De Sa Porto (writer)
José Mojica Marins (writer)

Release Date:

13 March 1967 (Brazil)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Coffin Joe is still looking for the perfect woman to give birth to a son of his, and, cleared of the...

Plot Keywords:

Tarantula | Funeral | Nightmare | Undertaker | Torture

Cast

José Mojica Marins	...	Zé do Caixão
Tina Wohlers	...	Laura
Nadia Freitas	...	Marcia
Antonio Fracari	...	Truncador
Jose Lobo	...	Bruno
Esmeralda Ruchel
Paula Ramos
Tania Mendonça
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arlete Brazolin
Geraldo Bueno
José Carvalho
Oswaldo De Souza
Graveto
Lya Lagutte
Laércio Laurelli	...	Zé do Caixão (voice)
Nivaldo Lima
Carmen Marins
Mina Monte
William Morgan
Roque Rodrigues
Nadia Tell
José Vedovato

Directed by
José Mojica Marins

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Aldenora De Sa Porto		writer
José Mojica Marins		writer

Produced by
Antonio Fracari	....	associate producer
José Mojica Marins	....	producer
Augusto Pereira	....	producer

Original Music by
Herminio Giménez

Cinematography by
Giorgio Attili

Film Editing by
Luiz Elias

Production Design by
José Vedovato

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jean Garret	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Salatiel Coelho	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Nuvem Branca	....	assistant camera

Production Companies

• Ibérica Filmes

Distributors

• Cinemagia (Brazil) (DVD)
• Fantoma (2001-????) (USA) (DVD)
• Paranaguá Cinematográfica
• Paranaguá Filmes
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (????-????) (video)

Also Known As:

This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse
This Night Will Make Your Corpse Incarnate
Tonight I Will Eat Your Corpse
Tonight I Will Enter Your Corpse
Tonight I Will Make Your Corpse Turn Red
Tonight I Will Paint in Flesh Colour

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Ibérica Filmes

Quotes:

[first lines]
Zé do Caixão: Is life everything, and death nothing? Or is life nothing and death everything?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Universo de Mojica Marins, O (1978)

Another bizarre classic from Jose Mojica Marins

Jose Mojica Marins' films are never actually scary, but are among the most compelling bizarre horror films in history. Their dreamlike style and atmosphere make them reasonably unnerving. The impoverished production values simply add to the otherworldly feel. They're not horror films, but masterful bargain basement surrealism that effectively weirds the audience out. Marins is a completely original filmmaker with a singular vision and world view that endures him to his small but loyal cult following. "At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul" remains the most accessible and my personal favorite of the trilogy, but "This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse" is admittedly a more accomplished film ("Awakening of the Beast" is something else entirely, probably Marins' masterpiece but also his least accessible).

As I mentioned above, Marins is unique in the annals of horror history. He created the frightening villain Coffin Joe, both a bogeyman and a mouthpiece for Marins' philosophy. There's a lot of speeches in this film, but they're full of fascinating (if not exactly articulate or sympathetic) sub-Nietzsche world views. His films, as poorly produced as they can be, illustrate his vision. Also, he was a competent director and improved with this one (this moves at a much better pace than "At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul"). Particularly memorable is Coffin Joe's trip to hell, a psychedelic frenzy with as bizarre an image of the underworld as "Jigoku". Coffin Joe films are definitely not for all tastes, but those interested in the fringes of world cinema should at least give them a chance. They're not bad films, but good ones with some poor production values. (8/10)