O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão (1968)

Three episodes: A dollmaker whose dolls are eerily human, a tale of necrophilia, and a doctor proves love is dead.

Director:

José Mojica Marins

Writers:

José Mojica Marins (story), Rubens Francisco Luchetti (screenplay)

Stars:

Luís Sérgio Person, Vany Miller, Mário Lima

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luís Sérgio Person	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas") (as L. S. Person)
Vany Miller	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Mário Lima	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Verônica Krimann	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Rosalvo Caçador	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Paula Ramos	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Tony Cardi	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Esmeralda Ruchel	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Messias de Melo	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Leila de Oliveira	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Jeff Ribeiro	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Abigail de Barros	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Carlos Campos	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
Nelita Aparecida	...	(segment "Ideologia")
Antônio Ravagnoli	...	(segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas") (as Antonio F. Ravagnolli)

Storyline

"O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão" is a collection of three creepy and bizarre horror tales. "O Fabricante de Bonecas" ("The Dollmaker"): In Pirituba, Master Bastos is a respectable doll maker that lives with his four daughters in a remote area manufacturing dolls with impressive eyes. When four criminals break in his house to rob his money and rape his daughters, they learn why the doll's eyes are so realistic. "Tara" ("Perversion"): A poor balloon seller has a crush on a young woman and stalks her. On her wedding day, the woman is stabbed in front of the church by another woman and dies. After her funeral, the man breaks in her crypt and spends the night with her to satisfy his obsession. "Ideologia" ("Ideology"): After a debate on a TV show with the journalist Alfredo about the nonexistence of love, Professor Oaxiac Odez invites Alfredo and his wife Wilma to visit him. Professor Odez offers to prove to Alfredo that the instinct prevails over reason, and brings the couple to the ...

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Plot Keywords:

doll | torture | rape | necrophilia | cage | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

25 November 1968 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Strange World of Coffin Joe

Filming Locations:

Calçados Dima, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ibéria Filmes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the segment "The Dollmaker", the shooting takes place under the image and the subtitle "Sagrados Corações de Jesus e Maria Avençoem Esta Casa" [the holy hearts of Jesus and Mary bless this home].

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Connections

Edited from O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão (1968)

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Soundtracks

"Zé do Caixão"
(musical theme)
Written by José Mojica Marins
Played by Titulares do Ritmo, and
Sung by Edson Lopes

User Reviews

Three Great Horror Tales

"O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão" is a collection of three creepy and bizarre horror tales.

"O Fabricante de Bonecas" ("The Dollmaker"): In Pirituba, Master Bastos is a respectable doll maker that lives with his four daughters in a remote area manufacturing dolls with impressive eyes. When four criminals break in his house to rob his money and rape his daughters, they learn why the doll's eyes are so realistic.

"Tara" ("Perversion"): A poor balloon seller has a crush on a young woman and stalks her. On her wedding day, the woman is stabbed in front of the church by another woman and dies. After her funeral, the man breaks in her crypt and spends the night with her to satisfy his obsession.

"Ideologia" ("Ideology"): After a debate on a TV show with the journalist Alfredo about the nonexistence of love, Professor Oaxiac Odez (José Mojica Marins) invites Alfredo and his wife Wilma to visit him. Professor Odez offers to prove to Alfredo that the instinct prevails over reason, and brings the couple to the dungeon of his house. They witness the results of the sinister experiment of Professor Odez with people that did not believe on his theory and after a period subjected to subhuman conditions, have become monstrous animals. Now Alfredo and Wilma are imprisoned and submitted to starvation and all sort of psychological torture to prove that the love is dead.

The first tale of violence, with heist and rape, is erotic and gore and has a predictable conclusion. The second tale explores an unusual theme, necrophilia without any dialog. The third one is the sickest tale, with cannibalism, torture, humiliation in an insane experiment of a deranged professor. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão" ("The Strange World of Zé do Caixão")