Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind

Delírios de um Anormal

Brazil

1978

86 Min

Color, Black and White

1.37:1

Portuguese

Currently 2.6/5 Stars.
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SCR José Mojica Marins, Rubens Francisco Luchetti

CAST José Mojica Marins, Jorge Peres, Magna Miller, Jaime Cortez, Natalina Barbosa

This movie is basically a vehicle for recycling footage from the eccentric pantheon of Brazil’s premier horror filmmaker Jose Mojica Marins, whose own persona often melds with that of his popular alter-ego “Coffin Joe”. Clips are culled from the trademark surreal nightmare sequences favored by Marins in such films as Esta Noite Encarnarei No Teu Cadaver (Tonight I’ll Be Incarnated in Your Corpse), Ritual dos Sadicos (Ritual of the Maniacs) and Exorcismo Negro (Black Exorcism). These grotesque, hallucinatory set pieces are depicted as the nightmares plaguing psychologist Dr. Hamilton, 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

Director

José Mojica Marins

José Mojica Marins (born March 13, 1936) is a Brazilian filmmaker, director/actor, screenwriter, television and media personality. Marins is also known by his alter ego Coffin Joe (the loose translation of Zé do Caixão). Although Marins is known primarily as a horror film director, his earlier works were westerns, drama, and adventure films. In the 1980’s he became a prominent exploitation film director, including films in the pornochanchada genre, which were soft-core sex-comedies popular in Brazil at that time.

Coffin Joe is the English equivalent of Zé do Caixão. Marins created the character in 1963 for the film At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul. The character went on to appear in many more films and as the character gained popularity he has portrayed and used the Coffin Joe persona in television programs, songs, music videos, and comic books.

Although rarely mentioned in the films, Coffin Joe’s true name is Josefel Zanatas. Marins gives an explanation for the… read more

Although rarely mentioned in the films, Coffin Joe’s true name is Josefel Zanatas. Marins gives an explanation for the name in an interview for Portal Brasileiro de Cinema.

The theme of the films in the Coffin Joe trilogy focuses on Coffin Joe’s bloody and determined quest to find his perfect bride. At the end of each film, his plans are undone when, while he is haunted and pursued by authorities and those he wronged, in the end is seemingly killed by some means.

The first film, At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma) (1963), is Brazil’s first horror film. This is the first appearance of Coffin Joe.

The film was followed by the second installment, This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse (Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver) (1967), where it is revealed that Joe survived his ordeal at the end of the first film and returns to São Paulo to continue his quest.

Marins released Embodiment of Evil (Encarnação do Demônio) in 2008, in which Coffin Joe returns after 40 years in a prison mental ward and immediately proceeds to exploit, terrorize, and kill in order to find the perfect woman to bear his child. —Wikipedia

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Răpciune

5Dec12

therapy for nihilists, life just can't be this idiotic. if you're looking for a way out of despondency, forget anonymous clubs and try a fake satanist heavily ketchupped bonanza.

Răpciune

5Dec12

this flic is like those strange medieval marginalia, upside down images commenting on an upside down world. ideally, all cinema should do the same, were it not its pretence to portray the real, the hyperreal, were it not, like in this movie, the preposterous revenge of the illusion once it's exposed as such.

Christopher Smith

8Jan11

Very weak entry to the Coffin Joe series is really just a compilation of footage from earlier movies, hashed together with an uninspired and hastily shot framing device. Really a waste of time, just watch the other movies instead - particularly the far superior 'At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul', 'This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse' and 'Awakening of the Beast'.

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