Delírios de um Anormal (1978)

Director:

José Mojica Marins

Writers:

Rubens Francisco Luchetti (writer)
José Mojica Marins (writer)

Release Date:

2 August 1978 (Brazil)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

This movie is basically a vehicle for recycling footage from the eccentric pantheon of Brazil's premier horror filmmaker Jose Mojica Marins...

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Dream | Demon | Hallucination | Surrealism

Cast

  (Credited cast)

José Mojica Marins	...	Himself / Zé do Caixão
Jorge Peres	...	Dr. Hamilton
Magna Miller	...	Tânia, Dr.Hámilton's wife
Jaime Cortez
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Natalina Barbosa
Lirio Bertelli
Alexa Brandwira
Andreia Bryan
João da Cruz
Anadir Goe
Elza Perreira
João Paulo Ramalho	...	Zé do Caixão (voice)
Valter Setembro

Also Known As:

Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Company:

Produções Cinematográficas Zé do Caixão

Movie Connections:

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

Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind

Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind (1978)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

I'll have to say right off that to date this is my first Coffin Joe film. From what I've read this might not have been the one to start off with as this here only features about twenty-five minutes worth of "newly" shot scenes mixed in with outtakes, deleted footage and censored footage from the previous films. I guess you could call this a real cut and paste job but the end results are pretty good. In the film, a doctor is having strange visions of Coffin Joe (Jose Mojica Marins) coming to steal his wife so that the evil one can create a super being. I've read that Coffin Joe's creation and stealing of women is something that runs through all of his film so there's nothing new there but I must admit that the film really captured my imagination. I'm not sure how many people will be attracted to a film like this but if you like LSD-type mind trips then this is a good one. For the most part we get very little story and instead just countless strange visuals, which range from cannibalism to naked women to other strange acts of violence being carried out by Coffin Joe. A lot of times we see the same clips being used over and over and while many are going to read this and think lazy, the director actually does a very stylish job with his low-budget nature. I had always seen images of Marins as Coffin Joe but seeing him in actual was a lot of fun. His entire look and feel were quite attractive for a horror film of this type. I haven't seen too many films from Brazil but this one here certainly has me interested in checking out the rest of the Coffin Joe films, which includes a brand new one just recently finished filming.