Portuguese filmmaker José Mojica Marins began his Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) trilogy in 1964 with AT MIDNIGHT I’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL and followed it up in 1967 with THIS NIGHT I’LL TAKE YOUR CORPSE. Over three decades later, he has completed final installment, EMBODIMENT OF EVIL. Sounds a bit like what happened with Dario Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy, but let’s hope this conclusion isn’t as disappointing.
Synapse Films will release the film as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on February 8th. The disc willl feature 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and the following supplements:
– Making of featurette
– Footage from the Fantasia Film Festival premiere
– Theatrical trailer
EMBODIMENT OF EVIL first premiered in Brazil in 2008 but is only now making it’s way to video here in America. Take a look at the cover art below. Here is the synopsis:
After forty years in prison, the evil gravedigger Josefel Zanatas a.k.a. Zé do Caixão is released by the lawyer Lucy Pontes in accordance with Brazilian Laws. He moves to the slums with his followers that worship him, and he seeks out the perfect woman to bear his children while haunted by the ghosts of his victims. The vigilante brothers Captain Osvaldo Pontes and his brother Coronel Claudiomiro from the Military Police chase Zé do Caixão in the slums to kill him and they find a track of tortured and mutilated bodies.
Pre-order the Blu-ray/DVD combo HERE.
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