At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)

Original title

À Meia Noite Levarei Sua Alma

Directed by

José Mojica Marins

Genre

horror film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 122 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Brazilian undertaker named Zé do Caixão believes he can achieve immortality by fathering a son. He terrorizes a small town in his obsessive quest to continue his bloodline.

atmosphericcreepyintenseslow-burndarkgothicunsettling

What happens

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (Portuguese: À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma) is a 1964 Brazilian horror film directed and co-written by José Mojica Marins. Marins stars as Zé do Caixão (known in English-speaking countries as Coffin Joe), an undertaker who believes that he can achieve immortality by having a son, a concept he refers to as "the continuation of blood". The film marks the first appearance of the Coffin Joe character in media. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul is the first Brazilian-produced horror film, and the first installment of the "Coffin Joe trilogy". It is followed by This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967) and Embodiment of Evil (2008). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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