At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul1964
Directed by José Mojica Marins
The premise
Zé do Caixão is an undertaker in a small Brazilian town, searching for the perfect woman to bear him a superior child. Unable to conceive with his wife, he kills her and sets out to find someone else.
Horror Vault's take
From the fevered imagination of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins comes one of Latin America's most iconic horror figures: Zé do Caixão, a top-hat-wearing undertaker whose contempt for religion and human decency makes him a uniquely chilling villain. Driven by a twisted eugenic obsession, he terrorizes a small rural town in his relentless and brutal pursuit of the ideal woman to carry on his bloodline. Shot on a shoestring budget, the film crackles with raw atmosphere and a genuinely transgressive spirit that still shocks decades later. It launched a cult franchise and cemented Marins as a legend of world horror cinema.
Content: Violence Against Women, Disturbing Themes Of Misogyny And Coercion, Animal Cruelty, Supernatural Imagery
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