José Mojica Marins (March 13, 1936 – February 19, 2020) was a Brazilian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, film and television actor and media personality. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão (in English, Coffin Joe).[1][2]
Marins is noted for his trademark low-budget film style, and was known to primarily use friends and amateur actors to portray characters and function as crew. Although primarily known for films of the horror genre, Marins also produced trash cinema, exploitation, drugsploitation, sexploitation (often in the form of pseudo-documentaries), and westerns.[3]
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Credited as | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Actor | Role | ||
| 1958 | God's Sentence (Sentença de Deus) |
Yes | Yes | Not listed | |
| Adventurer's Fate (A Sina do Aventureiro) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Gregorio | |
| 1960 | We Were Brothers (Éramos Irmãos) | Yes | Not listed | ||
| 1963 | My Destiny In Your Hands (Meu Destino em Tuas Mãos) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (A Meia Noite eu Levarei sua Alma) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Coffin Joe | |
| 1965 | Nightmare (Pesadelo) | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1966 | The Devil of Old Town (O Diabo de Vila Velha) |
Yes | Yes | Not listed | |
| 1967 | This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Coffin Joe |
| 1968 | The Strange World of Coffin Joe (O Estranho Mundo do Zé do Caixão) |
Yes | Yes | ||
| Trilogy of Terror (Trilogia do Terror) |
Segment "Pesadelo Macabro" (Macabre Nightmare) |
Yes | |||
| 1970 | Awakening of the Beast (O Despertar da Besta) (O Ritual dos Sadicos) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Coffin Joe Himself |
| The End of Man (Finis Hominis) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Finis Hominis | |
| 1972 | Sex and Blood in the Trail of the Treasure (Sexo E Sangue na Trilha do Tesouro) |
Yes | Not listed | ||
| The Prophet of Hunger (O Profeta da Fome) |
Yes | Ali Fakir | |||
| D'Gajão Kills to Avenge (D'Gajão Mata para Vingar) |
Yes | Yes | |||
| When the Gods Fall Asleep (Quando os Deuses Adormecem) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Finis Hominis | |
| 1974 | The Virgin and the Macho Man (A Virgem e o Machão) |
Yes | |||
| The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe (O Exorcismo Negro) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Coffin Joe Himself | |
| 1975 | Failure of a Man in the Two Nights of Nuptials (Fracasso de Um Homem nas Duas Noites de Núpcias) |
Yes | Yes | Not listed | |
| 1976 | Women of the Violent Sex (Mulheres do Sexo Violento) |
Yes | Juarez | ||
| The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures (Hospedaria de Prazeres) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Hostel Proprietor | |
| How to Console Widows (Como Consolar Viúvas) |
Yes | ||||
| 1977 | Hellish Flesh (Inferno Carnal) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| 1978 | The Woman Who Made Doves Fly (A Mulher Que Põe a Pomba no Ar) |
Yes | |||
| The Marble Goddess (A Deusa de Mármore) | Yes | Seu Sete Encruzilhada | |||
| Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind (Delírios de um Anormal) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Coffin Joe | |
| 1979 | Perversion (Estupro!) (Perversão) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Vittorio Palestrina |
| World Market of Sex (Mundo-mercado do Sexo) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | |
| 1980 | A Praga (The Plague) | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1984 | Fifth Dimension of Sex (A Quinta Dimensão do Sexo) |
Yes | Yes | Not listed | |
| 1985 | 24 Hours of Explicit Sex (24 Horas de Sexo Explícito) |
Yes | |||
| 1986 | The Hour of Fear (A Hora do Medo) | Yes | Yes | Not listed | |
| The Two Faces of a Psychopath (As Duas Faces de um Psicopata) |
(as J. Avelar) | ||||
| 1987 | 48 Hours of Hallucinatory Sex (48 Horas de Sexo Alucinante) |
Yes | Himself | ||
| Dr. Frank in the Clinic of the Taras (Dr. Frank na Clínica das Taras) |
Yes | Yes | |||
| Demons and Wonders (Demônios e Maravilhas) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself (Documentary) | |
| 2008 | Embodiment of Evil (Encarnação do Demônio) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Coffin Joe (Josafel Zanatas) |
Films about José Mojica Marins
edit| Year | Film | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | ||
| 1976 | The Universe of Mojica Marins (O Universo de José Mojica Marins) |
Ivan Cardoso | Not listed |
| 2001 | Damned - The Strange World of José Mojica Marins (Maldito - O Estranho Mundo de José Mojica Marins) |
André Barcinski Ivan Finotti |
André Barcinski Ivan Finotti |
References
edit- General
- "José Mojica Marins Cinema filmografia". UOL.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- "José Mojica Marins/Filmes". Portal Heco de Cinema. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- "Coleção Zé do Caixão — 50 anos do cinema de José Mojica Marins". Offscreen.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- "José Mojica Marins". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- Specific
- ^ "José Mojica Marins". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Official José Mojica Marins website" (in Portuguese). UOL.com. 2006. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ^ Lindsay, Sean (June 30, 2005). "Coleção Zé do Caixão — 50 anos do cinema de José Mojica Marins" (in Portuguese). Offscreen.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
External links
edit- José Mojica Marins at IMDb
- Official Zé do Caixão filmography (in Portuguese)
- José Mojica Marins filmography at Portal Heco de Cinema (in Portuguese)
- Encarnação do Demônio Official film site (in Portuguese)
- Babu - The Cross and the Pentagram Official film site (in Portuguese)