These days I walked through movie theaters, under the eleventh BAFICI. The first movie I went to see was Incarnation of the Demon, from the legendary horror director Jose Mojica Marins. To be honest, I came to the screening with very little information, both from the director and the film in question. And I got several surprises, some good, others not so much.
The Brazilian horror film is located in the Night section, a place reserved to see the most terrifying, delusional, twisted and bizarre works of the programming. With this minimal idea of what to expect, I entered a very full room. As the last spectators settled in, Javier Porta Fouz (one of the festival programmers) introduced Marins, who came especially to give a talk (the next day) and, incidentally, to present the film. Already with his words, the way of speaking and addressing the public, one realized that he is quite a character, and the suspicions of being before the bizarre dose of the BAFICI they were being confirmed.
Incarnation of the Demon follow the (mis) ventures of Zé do Caixão, a sadistic, diabolical and bearded killer with a galley, cape and kilometer-long nails, who is released after being locked up in a prison for 40 years. When he is free again, Zé do Caixão will look for a way to continue his blood legacy, determined to find the ideal woman to conceive his firstborn.
In this quest, there will be no shortage of explicit torture, various torments, a few liters of blood and very successful gore scenes, from showers of blood to the most extreme cannibalism. After its bloody trail, Zé do Caixao and his subjects will face the police of Sao Pablo and the mysterious (and sadomasochistic!) Father Eugenio, who will try to avenge the death of his father, murdered in the past by Zé do Caixao.
While eThe script and acting are a bit lazy, the film maintains a bizarre spirit that is entertaining, with sequences that manage to make you laugh, and others that, being so extreme, also bring out some smiles. The music, by André Abujamra and Marcio Nigro is one of the highlights of the entire production, along with all the FX seen on the tape.
The story was written by himself Marins, with Denilson Ramalho. They participate in the cast Cristina Aché, Raymond Castile, Eduardo Chagas, Milhem Cortaz, Cleo de Paris, Giulio Lopes, José Mojica Marins (with off-screen speeches) and José Celso Martinez Corrêa. The producer that bet on the work of Marins was Olhos de Cão Produções Cinematográfica, in collaboration with Gullane Filmes.
For those interested, I recommend that you look for the other two films in the saga of Zé do Caixao, À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma and Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadaver, which Marins filmed in the 60's, with a meager budget.