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).
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.
Filmography YearFilmCredited asDirectorWriterActor Role 1958 God's Sentence(Sentença de Deus) Not listed Adventurer's Fate(A Sina do Aventureiro) Gregorio 1960 We Were Brothers (Éramos Irmãos) Not listed 1963 My Destiny In Your Hands(Meu Destino em Tuas Mãos) Not listed At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul(A Meia Noite eu Levarei sua Alma) Coffin Joe 1965 Nightmare (Pesadelo) 1966 The Devil of Old Town(O Diabo de Vila Velha) Not listed 1967 This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse(Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver) Coffin Joe 1968 The Strange World of Coffin Joe(O Estranho Mundo do Zé do Caixão) Trilogy of Terror(Trilogia do Terror) Segment "Pesadelo Macabro"(Macabre Nightmare) 1970 Awakening of the Beast(O Despertar da Besta)(O Ritual dos Sadicos) Coffin JoeHimself The End of Man(Finis Hominis) Finis Hominis 1972 Sex and Blood in the Trail of the Treasure(Sexo E Sangue na Trilha do Tesouro) Not listed The Prophet of Hunger(O Profeta da Fome) Ali Fakir D'Gajão Kills to Avenge(D'Gajão Mata para Vingar) When the Gods Fall Asleep(Quando os Deuses Adormecem) Finis Hominis 1974 The Virgin and the Macho Man(A Virgem e o Machão) The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe(O Exorcismo Negro) Coffin JoeHimself 1975 Failure of a Man in the Two Nights of Nuptials(Fracasso de Um Homem nas Duas Noites de Núpcias) Not listed 1976 Women of the Violent Sex(Mulheres do Sexo Violento) Juarez The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures(Hospedaria de Prazeres) Hostel Proprietor How to Console Widows(Como Consolar Viúvas) 1977 Hellish Flesh(Inferno Carnal) Not listed 1978 The Woman Who Made Doves Fly(A Mulher Que Põe a Pomba no Ar) The Marble Goddess (A Deusa de Mármore) Seu Sete Encruzilhada Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind(Delírios de um Anormal) Coffin Joe 1979 Perversion (Estupro!) (Perversão) Vittorio Palestrina World Market of Sex(Mundo-mercado do Sexo) Not listed 1980 A Praga (The Plague) 1984 Fifth Dimension of Sex(A Quinta Dimensão do Sexo) Not listed 1985 24 Hours of Explicit Sex(24 Horas de Sexo Explícito) 1986 The Hour of Fear (A Hora do Medo) 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) Himself Dr. Frank in the Clinic of the Taras(Dr. Frank na Clínica das Taras) Demons and Wonders(Demônios e Maravilhas) Himself(Documentary) 2008 Embodiment of Evil(Encarnação do Demônio) Coffin Joe(Josafel Zanatas)
Films about José Mojica Marins
YearFilmDirectorWriter 1976 The Universe of Mojica Marins(O Universo de José Mojica Marins)Ivan CardosoNot listed 2001Damned - The Strange World of José Mojica Marins(Maldito - O Estranho Mundo de José Mojica Marins) André BarcinskiIvan FinottiAndré BarcinskiIvan Finotti
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External links
Official Zé do Caixão filmography José Mojica Marins filmography at Portal Heco de Cinema Encarnação do Demônio Official film site Babu - The Cross and the Pentagram Official film site