Film Festival 09 - Embodiment of Evil
Embodiment of Evil
Encarnação do demônio, Brazil 2008, 90m
Director: José Mojica Marins
Festivals: Venice 2008
If you've never heard of the legendary Brazilian filmmaker
José Mojica Marins then it's time to wake the fuck up. The
maverick 72-year old has recently completed his beloved Coffin Joe
trilogy after 40 long years. Like some deranged schizophrenic
fusion of Romero, Jodorowsky, Lynch and a TV horror host, Marins
directs and stars as Coffin Joe. The film opens as he's released
from the asylum, his home of four decades for depraved crimes
committed in his 60s feature This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse.
A hunchback shows him a secret lair where loyal disciples pledge to
wreak havoc and help him find a superior woman to bear a child to
continue his evil bloodline for eternity. Before you can say oi
menina, the screen is awash with nudity, graphic violence, maniacal
dialogue, ghosts, cheese torture, wild sets, intentional and
unintentional laughs, groovy music.
