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The Strange World of Coffin Joe

Original title: O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão
  • 19681968
  • 1h 20m
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6.3/10
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The Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968)
Horror
Three episodes: A dollmaker whose dolls are eerily human, a tale of necrophilia, and a doctor proves love is dead.Three episodes: A dollmaker whose dolls are eerily human, a tale of necrophilia, and a doctor proves love is dead.Three episodes: A dollmaker whose dolls are eerily human, a tale of necrophilia, and a doctor proves love is dead.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
628
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
161,643
56,933
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    • Director
      • José Mojica Marins
    • Writers
      • José Mojica Marins(story)
      • Rubens Francisco Luchetti(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Luiz Sérgio Person
      • Vany Miller
      • Mário Lima
    Top credits
    • Director
      • José Mojica Marins
    • Writers
      • José Mojica Marins(story)
      • Rubens Francisco Luchetti(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Luiz Sérgio Person
      • Vany Miller
      • Mário Lima
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    • 16User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    Luiz Sérgio Person
    Luiz 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)
    Marlene Alves
    • (segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
    Ademar Silva
    • (segment "O Fabricante de Bonecas")
    • (as Ademir Silva)
    George Michel Serkeis
    • (segment "Tara")
    • Director
      • José Mojica Marins
    • Writers
      • José Mojica Marins(story)
      • Rubens Francisco Luchetti(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      In the segment "The Dollmaker", the book "Deixei o Hábito", by Vani Reis de Sousa, about a nun leaving her convent, is seen on top of the bedside table of one of the doll-maker's daughters.
    • Quotes

      Zé do Caixão (Introduction): You can't accept the terror because you are the terror!

    • Alternate versions
      The DVD version has a 3 minute color introduction, to a running time of 83 minutes.
    • Connections
      Edited from O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      Zé do Caixão
      (musical theme)

      Written by José Mojica Marins

      Played by Titulares do Ritmo, and

      Sung by Edson Lopes

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    7/10
    Bizarre Brazilian horror tale
    I've always felt José Mojica Marins (aka Zé do Caixão, 'Coffin Joe') is somewhat of a pioneer in Brazilian cinema. Brazilian films tended, at the time, to be mere pornography (both hardcore and softcore), while now it tends to be too much 'engaged on social causes' rather than in the 'good entertainment' aspect of cinema (Brazilian romantic comedies are not GOOD entertainment).

    'Strange World of Coffin Joe', as well as most of JMM's filmography, are an exception to those (which might be why he is often marginalized within Brazilian cinema): they are merely fun, eerie horror films entailing bizarre and creepy tales.

    In here, we don't have Zé do Caixão appearing in character (unless you count the narration at the beginning). 'Strange World' is an anthology film, with three separate stories:

    'O Fabricante de Bonecas' ('The Dollmaker') is about an old man, renowned for making dolls with impressively realistic eyes, and a group of burglars who try to steal his money and have their way with his beautiful daughters. It is an eerie and atmospheric horror tale, with a very predictable but fitting twist ending and full of eroticism that makes it a 'pleasant' watch.

    'Tara' ('Fetish') is something that could easily pass off as an European drama: a tale of necrophilia about a man with a foot fetish who goes to a morgue after the now-dead woman he often fantasized about. It is pure depravity that is not far from a Pasolini film; to complete its 'artistic' aesthetic, it has no dialogue. The camera-work is good, but unless you want to see plot less perversion it should be avoidable.

    'Ideologia' ('Ideology') is the only story JMM appears in (not as Zé, though). He plays a professor who, trying to prove that 'love' doesn't exist, imprisons a rival (who publicly argued this matter with him) and his wife and tortures them both to see how far their 'love' can endure in life-or-death situations. It has as much perversion as 'Tara', but not a meaningless one at that; the discussion is actually a very good one (done in JMM's trademark rhetoric of 'instinct vs reason') and the conclusion is good.

    Overall, 2 out of the 3 stories are not only watchable but very fun and eerie tales. 'The Dollmaker' is the best horror-wise, but 'Ideology' manages to be one of the few 'torture porns' not to be mindless. The title song is also great if you understand what it's about.

    For those not used to José Mojica Marins horror tales, though, his 'Coffin Joe' films are a better place to start with his filmography.
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    • Release date
      • November 25, 1968 (Brazil)
    • Country of origin
      • Brazil
    • Language
      • Portuguese
    • Also known as
      • Странный мир Зе-из-гроба
    • Filming locations
      • Calçados Dima, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Production company
      • Ibéria Filmes
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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