Awakening of the Beast (1970)
- Original title
- O Despertar da Besta
- Directed by
- José Mojica Marins
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- Brazil
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 41 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Brazilian filmmaker appears in a pseudodocumentary about drug addiction and moral decay. The movie blends real interviews with staged horror sequences featuring his alter ego Coffin Joe.
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What happens
Awakening of the Beast (Portuguese: O Despertar da Besta, also released as Portuguese: O Ritual dos Sádicos) is a 1970 Brazilian horror/exploitation film directed by José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Coffin Joe (Zé do Caixão). Marins appears as himself and as the Coffin Joe character in the fictional film which is in the form of a pseudodocumentary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.