Coffin Joe
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| - | '''José Mojica Marins''' (13 March 1936 – 19 February 2020) was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television [[horror host]]. Marins is also known for creating and playing the character '''[[Coffin Joe]]''' (loosely translated from '''Zé do Caixão''') in a series of [[horror film]]s; the character has since gone on to become his [[alter ego]] as well as a [[pop culture icon]], a [[horror icon]], and a [[cult figure]]. The popularity of Coffin Joe in Brazil has led to the character being referred to as "Brazil's National Boogeyman" and "Brazil's [[Freddy Krueger]]". | ||
| - | ==Selected filmography== | ||
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| - | * ''[[Adventurer's Fate]]'' (1958)<ref name=rohter /> | ||
| - | * ''[[My Destiny In Your Hands]]'' (1963)<ref name=rohter /> | ||
| - | * ''[[At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul]]'' (1964)<ref name=bdrip /><ref name=rohter />{{sfn|Ruétalo|Tierney|2009|pp=45, 94}} | ||
| - | * ''[[This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse]]'' (1967)<ref name=bdrip /><ref name=rohter />{{sfn|Ruétalo|Tierney|2009|p=45}} | ||
| - | * ''[[The Strange World of Coffin Joe]]'' (1968){{sfn|Ruétalo|Tierney|2009|p=115}} | ||
| - | * ''[[Awakening of the Beast]]'' (1970)<ref name=bdrip /><ref name=rohter />{{sfn|Ruétalo|Tierney|2009|p=45}} | ||
| - | * ''[[The End of Man]]'' (1970)<ref>{{cite book|last=Rabkin|first=Leslie Y.|year=1998|title=The Celluloid Couch: An Annotated International Filmography of the Mental Health Professional in the Movies and Television, from the Beginning to 1990|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|page=387|isbn=978-0810834620}}</ref> | ||
| - | * ''[[The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe]]'' (1974)<ref name=bdrip /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Olson|first1=Christopher J.|last2=Reinhard|first2=CarrieLynn D.|year=2016|title=Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema|publisher=[[Lexington Books]]|page=185|isbn=978-1498519083}}</ref> | ||
| - | * ''[[The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures]]'' (1976){{sfn|Pinazza|Bayman|2014|p=23}} | ||
| - | * ''[[Hellish Flesh]]'' (1977)<ref name=bdrip /> | ||
| - | * ''[[Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind]]'' (1978)<ref name=rohter /> | ||
| - | * ''[[Perversion (film)|Perversion]]'' (1979)<ref>{{cite book|last=Heller-Nicholas|first=Alexandra|year=2011|title=Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|page=154|isbn=978-0786449613}}</ref> | ||
| - | * ''[[Embodiment of Evil]]'' (2008)<ref name=rohter /> | ||
| - | * ''[[The Profane Exhibit]]'' (segment: "Viral", 2013)<ref name=bdrip /><ref name=zimmerman /> | ||
| + | '''Zé do Caixão''' {{IPA-pt|ˈzɛ du kaj.ˈʃɐ̃õ|}}, known in the English-speaking world as '''Coffin Joe''', is a character created and nominally played by Brazilian writer, director, and actor [[José Mojica Marins]]. An [[Amorality|amoral]] [[undertaker]] with [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzschian]] beliefs, he is driven by his desire to have a son by "the perfect woman", believing that immortality is achieved through procreation, a concept he refers to as "the continuation of blood". He often resorts to murder, kidnapping, and rape to achieve his means, with his violent nature, atheism, and antagonism towards [[Christianity]] placing him into conflict with his largely [[Catholic]] neighbors. Despite his own disbelief in the supernatural, he often finds himself experiencing paranormal phenomena, including encounters with [[ghosts]], [[The Grim Reaper|Death]], and visions of [[Hell]]. | ||
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Zé do Caixão Template:IPA-pt, known in the English-speaking world as Coffin Joe, is a character created and nominally played by Brazilian writer, director, and actor José Mojica Marins. An amoral undertaker with Nietzschian beliefs, he is driven by his desire to have a son by "the perfect woman", believing that immortality is achieved through procreation, a concept he refers to as "the continuation of blood". He often resorts to murder, kidnapping, and rape to achieve his means, with his violent nature, atheism, and antagonism towards Christianity placing him into conflict with his largely Catholic neighbors. Despite his own disbelief in the supernatural, he often finds himself experiencing paranormal phenomena, including encounters with ghosts, Death, and visions of Hell.
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