The Coffin Joe Collection (DVD)

Description: Genre: Horror / Suitable for 18 years and over / Director: José Mojica Marins / DVD released 2009-07-27 at Anchor Bay ... more

The Coffin Joe Collection (DVD) ... Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Box set, PAL

Newest Review: ... all over scantily clad women; and there's an amazing descent into Hell, in which the film switches to colour for a few ... more

... minutes. It's perhaps slightly more accessible than the first film. These first two are Marins' masterpieces. The Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968) is an anthology horror featuring three stories. The best is probably the first, in which some thieves try to rob a dollmaker and his four lovely daughters - but why don't the dolls have eyes? A simple horror tale with a fairy tale feel, like an ETA Hoffmann story, this wouldn't be out of place in an Amicus movie. But the over-the-top sound effects give it something of Mari...more

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The Coffin Joe Collection [DVD] [1964]
Release Date: 2009 - 07 - 27, Rating Suitable for 18 years and over,

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The Coffin Joe Collection (DVD): World cinema at its finest (1614 words)
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This is a nine-film boxset from Anchor Bay, currently selling for a ridiculously cheap £13 on amazon. Coffin Joe (aka Zé do Caixão) is a Brazilian horror movie villain played by José Mojica Marins, who directed the films. Quite an icon in Brazil, he had his own TV show, comic books, and even recorded a samba album. The best of the films are gory for their day (60s/70s), powerful, delirious, crazy, low-budget, and absolutely worth seeing. With nine films in the set there's not space to write much about each one. I've written longer reviews of a few of them for those interested, but you'd be better off just watching them. The picture quality on ... Read the complete review

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