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Film

Introducing Coffin Joe, Brazil's Horror Superstar

When

Thursday Jan 7, 2010

Sunday Jan 10, 2010

Saturday Jan 23, 2010

Where

The Film Society of Lincoln Center

70 Lincoln Center Plz

212.875.5600

Price

$11

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The Film Society of Lincoln Center says…

Before making pornochanchada to ride out the '80s — otherwise soft-core sex-comedies with titles like 24 Hours of Explicit Sex — José Mojica Marins created his caped legacy, Zé do Caixao. Genteelly suited with a top hat and better known to horror aficionados as Coffin Joe, this narcissistic undertaker remains a favorite export from Brazil. The Film Society screens four of his surreal exploitations, beginning with the ultraviolent 1964 debut, At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul. In this low-budget trip through São Paulo, Coffin Joe starts his grail-like quest to conceive a perfect child, one that he'd continue in the sensational follow-up, This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse.