Sunday, October 22, 2017

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse is a 1967 Brazilian horror film directed by José Mojica Marins, who is also known as "Coffin Joe". It is the middle film in the Coffin Joe trilogy, the first being "At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul". You can watch the first one here.

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Senses of Cinema closes a positive review with this:
There may be a riotous celebration of carnality, and it’s part of the thrill, but there is also a dark nihilism at play that openly criticises all levels of society, from the superstitious villagers and their reliance on faith and religion, to Coffin Joe’s megalomania as he becomes drunk on his own sense of personal power fuelled by a knowledge that is deeply flawed.
Classic-Horror says it "manages to be something unique and special." Moria has a 3-star review. 1000 Misspent Hours says, "Watching it is like eavesdropping on somebody’s nightmares— it may not make sense, but this peek into a tortured psyche is pretty compelling nevertheless."


5 comments:

  1. Goodness, this looks very spooky. Not sure it would be something I'll watch, but I may come back to it later. I AM enjoying your October series of horror and scary works, though.

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    1. There's more religion in this than most, with religious practice actually meaning something. Interesting.

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  2. I think I'll pass on this one. You really do come up with some interesting movies for October--LOL! :)

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    1. The title is one of the creepiest things about it lol

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  3. This sounds interesting. I'll make sure I watch this one.

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