José Mojica Marins

A gravedigger prowls the city in search of a female to bear him a son. (imdb)

Coffin Joe is still looking for the perfect woman to give birth to a son of his, and, cleared of the past crimes in the first film (At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul), keeps terrorizing the people in his small town with his iconoclast and sadistic practices. (imdb)

Psychiatrist experiments LSD on 4 volunteers, to investigate Coffin Joe's influence over them. Each patient presents a different reaction, involving sex, perversion and sadism. (imdb)

Documentary about the work and aesthetics of Ozualdo Candeias, one of the most inventive filmmakers in Brazil, who directed the cult movie "A Margem". (imdb)

Man tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange situations. In fact, the plot is just an excuse to tackle the subjects of mysticism and human condition. (imdb)

Another existential western from Brazilian master Candeias

Stark naked man comes out from the sea and begins to walk the streets, interfering in daily episodes, always in search of justice. He names himself Finis Hominis (The End of Man, in latin), and soon becomes sort of a modern Messiah, capable of performing miracles. An adulterous woman and a cheated husband are among his most faithful followers, as well as a group of hippies. (imdb)

A self indulgent, autobiographical docu-drama that chronicles the filmmaker's "struggle" with narrow minded authorities, critics, and personal tragedy. (imdb)

A prominent millionaire gets a woman drunk and rapes her, biting off her nipple in the process. (imdb)

José Mojica Marins, a director of horror films about the diabolical Coffin Joe, is spending Christmas with friends. Household members go violently mad for no reason: first grandpa, then the hosts' daughters, one of whom, Vilma, is about to get married. Mojica discovers that Vilma's mother made a pact with a witch in order to become pregnant with Vilma, promising this first-born child to Satan; her impending marriage to a human is stirring up things supernatural... (imdb)

Coffin Joe is back... in a musical!

A triptych explores the dark side. In "The Dollmaker," when four tough guys set out to rob a dollmaker, they're sidetracked by his beautiful daughters. In "Obsession," a lame and destitute balloon man falls in love from afar. In "Theory," Professor Oaxiac Odez invites a journalist and his wife to see evidence of the professor's theory that instinct is more powerful than reason. (imdb)

The gravedigger Zé do Caixão continues his search for the perfect woman to bear his son. (imdb)

A classic marginal movie by the acclaimed critical Jairo Ferreira.

Grotesque, hallucinatory set pieces are depicted as the nightmares plaguing psychologist Dr. Hamilton (Jorge Peres), who is haunted by the character of Coffin Joe. In an effort to stop the dreams, Hamilton seeks the aid of Joe's creator (Marins, as himself), who tries to convince him that Joe is not an actual demon but a flamboyant character he intends to lampoon in his latest film. (imdb)

Dr. George Medeiros is a brilliant scientist who does not find time for beautiful wife Rachel. She falls in love with Oliver, the best friend of her husband, and soon after the two plan to kill George and inherit his fortune. Benefiting from the distraction of her husband in the laboratory, Raquel throws acid on George's face, disfiguring it. As he recovers in the hospital, Raquel and Oliver spend all his money. After months in the hospital, Dr. George comes home with a plan for revenge in mind. (en.wikipedia.org)

Woman who was raped and murdered reincarnates in the body of Maria Imaculada, a housemaid who hides her true inner evil self behind an innocent face, likes to secretly perform satanic rites in her room and changes the life of the family she's working for. Her intent is revenge against all the men crossing her way. (imdb)

The first documentary on José Mojica Marins's (the legendary Zé do Caixão or Coffin Joe) life and work. The film tells Mojica's history, from his poor childhood in Vila Anastácio, São Paulo (Brazil), until his success abroad in the '90s. (imdb)

This low-budget, smash-and-grab '70s Coffin Joe vehicle finds our anti-hero as an otherworldly and omnipotent demigod of death, whos dayjob is running a hotel....of death!!!! Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures is a bit of a patchwork, with Marins even sharing directing credit, but nonetheless it features some of his best moments. (cinefamily.org)

A man and a woman are the only members left from an unfortunate circus troupe. they try to earn money from the religious faithful by nailing the man to a cross in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ. The man also tries to collect money by going on a hunger strike in this symbolic and disturbing film. (allmovie.com)

Life and work of Luiz Sérgio Person. The film reconstitute the filmmaker's history by the point of view of his daughter, Marina Person.

Maicon, a man who earns his living collecting old newspapers on the street, goes to jail after some outlaws on the run drop some drugs in his little pushcart. When he gets released, he goes after the men who caused his misfortune. (imdb)

Compilation of early Ivan Cardoso's films in Super 8, including "Nosferato no Brasil (Nosferato in Brazil)" (imdb)

Director of a fake documentary about the fear in contemporary society puts people in touch with their own phobias. Mixing actors and non-actors, a director sadist seeks true that according to the precept that guides the film, could only come from a phobic object in front of your fear.

The life and work of actor, director and producer Paulo José Mojica Marins, moving into his studio and showing his world.

Zé Rocha is a director trying to shoot his first film. He dreams of making a professional movie, and starts shooting in 35mm... (imdb)

Padre Pedro is a stubborn man to the cause of his religion that has to defend and restore the church threatened by unbelievers of a small brazilian town.

In a strange secluded inn, the mysterious owner hires so they can receive guests in search of shelter. On a stormy night, many people appear, including a group of hippies, a couple of adulterers, a suicide, a pimp and some corrupt businessmen. The next morning, the unsuspecting guests discover the true identity of the owner of the inn.

A lasagna is left in a defective fridge, and the toxic gases together with the low temperature causes a mutation, turning it into a furious monster, whose only objective is to kill the people who had made it. (imdb)

On Christmas Eve, Mauro, a reporter, has 24 hours to find a headine. (imdb)

The film tells the drama of five poor children who live with their families miserable. Tired of abuse and contempt, they run away from home and hit the road, accompanied by guitar and singing Carlito, the oldest of them.

Again hospitalized, Finis Hominis sees in the news increasing social, religious, and political unrest in the world, and again feels the need to escape the institution to put order in the streets. He wanders through society, influencing and interfering in isolated incidents, correcting wrongs and exposing corruption primarily in a strictly accidental or coincidental manner.

Smart extraterrestrial cat, invented thousands of lies to cause its owner, a poor peasant, to pass by a wealthy marquis, so to win the heart of the princess.

The newest Ivan Cardoso's incursion into pop and experimental film, presenting an incredible collection of 20 short films edited by Gurcius Gewdner, including restored films and new 2012 and 2013 productions, ranging from musicals to erotic films, animations and even newsreels. It also pays homage to the old Cine AC movie theaters and movie screenings, which were popular in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s.

Antonio, desperate man who cannot maintain a job to support his mother, Dona Lídia, and his sister Marta, after his father, a banker and patriarchal head of the family, is killed. Later, he boards a group of criminals who plan a robbery and they want and him to be the driver. (wiki)

The town of Vila Velha is put under a reign of terror by a powerful colonel nicknamed "The Devil", who influences local politicians and hires gunslingers to shoot down those who stand up to him.

Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo Segment "A Badaladíssima dos Trópicos x Os Picaretas do Sexo": shenanigans of a troubled fictional film production Segment "Amor 69": Actress Maria Vargas is expected to appear nude in a scene, but ultimately refuses to do so.

While wandering around the hotel where filmmakers and critics are staying, they compose a fresco about the general dissatisfaction surrounding Brazilian cinema by asking: which films would be truly a horror?

One of the great iconic filmmakers of the horror genre returns with one of the final projects he will manage in his lifetime.

While out for a walk in the countryside, Marina and Juvenal stop to take some pictures in front of an old woman's house. Annoyed, the old woman turns out to be a witch and casts a curse on the young couple.