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The gravedigger Zé do Caixão continues his search for the perfect woman to bear his son.The gravedigger Zé do Caixão continues his search for the perfect woman to bear his son.The gravedigger Zé do Caixão continues his search for the perfect woman to bear his son.
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- 17 wins & 9 nominations
Rui Resende
- Bruno
- (as Rui Rezende)
Cleo de Paris
- Dra. Hilda
- (as Cléo De Páris)
Raymond Castile
- Zé do Caixão jovem
- (as Raymond Castille)
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- TriviaThis film held until 2023 the record for the longest gap between the film and the sequel with at least one actor returning as the same character in 41 years. The new record has The Exorcist: Believer in which Ellen Burstyn repeated her character 50 years after the original film.
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[from trailer]
Coffin Joe: Pictures don't die, captain!
- ConnectionsEdited into VBS Meets: Coffin Joe (2009)
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the weakest of the trilogy
"Nails grow even after death."
I wholeheartedly enjoyed the previous two installments of the Coffin Joe Trilogy, so I felt obliged to watch this one as well. The film takes place forty years after the previous one, when Coffin Joe is finally released from prison. Upon release, his goals are the same: kill petty humans and create the perfect offspring.
Even after all this time, José Mojica Marins remains true to his original films. Despite the serious gap of time between the last two films, Embodiment of Evil maintains the same style as his other ones and has a classic cult horror type of vibe. The writing is wonderfully disturbing, and this film strengthens Coffin Joe's character, something I didn't expect.
On the other hand, I feel the franchise itself was damaged with this. It relies on the success of the other two movies to drive it forward, as we see Coffin Joe repeatedly haunted by the black-and-white ghosts of his past. Embodiment of Evil hardly lives up to the mastery of the previous two installments, though it tries very hard. There's a purgatory scene that's okay, but it hardly compares to the hell scene in This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse. There's also a straight twenty minutes of torture porn which doesn't seem to fit well with the rest of the trilogy.
In comparison to the other two, this one is definitely the weakest. Embodiment of Evil has some good moments, and it's a worthwhile watch to round out the trilogy. That said, it relies too much on the grotesque and not enough on the main character that defined the originals.
I wholeheartedly enjoyed the previous two installments of the Coffin Joe Trilogy, so I felt obliged to watch this one as well. The film takes place forty years after the previous one, when Coffin Joe is finally released from prison. Upon release, his goals are the same: kill petty humans and create the perfect offspring.
Even after all this time, José Mojica Marins remains true to his original films. Despite the serious gap of time between the last two films, Embodiment of Evil maintains the same style as his other ones and has a classic cult horror type of vibe. The writing is wonderfully disturbing, and this film strengthens Coffin Joe's character, something I didn't expect.
On the other hand, I feel the franchise itself was damaged with this. It relies on the success of the other two movies to drive it forward, as we see Coffin Joe repeatedly haunted by the black-and-white ghosts of his past. Embodiment of Evil hardly lives up to the mastery of the previous two installments, though it tries very hard. There's a purgatory scene that's okay, but it hardly compares to the hell scene in This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse. There's also a straight twenty minutes of torture porn which doesn't seem to fit well with the rest of the trilogy.
In comparison to the other two, this one is definitely the weakest. Embodiment of Evil has some good moments, and it's a worthwhile watch to round out the trilogy. That said, it relies too much on the grotesque and not enough on the main character that defined the originals.
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- dan_pap
- Jul 5, 2019
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- Gross worldwide
- $91,780
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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