Directing

Rodrigo Aragão

Born January 18, 1977 · Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brazil (age 49)

Rodrigo Aragão is a director, screenwriter, and special effects makeup artist, recognized as one of the leading names in genre cinema in Brazil. Born in Guarapari, in the state of Espírito Santo, he is the founder of the production company Fábulas Filmes and gained recognition with films such as "Mangue Negro" (2008), "A Noite do Chupacabras" (2011), "A Mata Negra" (2018), and "O Cemitério das Alm…

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Folkloric

Folkloric · 2026

MovieAdventureFantasy

Pequi is an awkward saci who believes he's unlucky for having been born with his left foot. To fix this, he sets off on a fun adventure through the Folclórica forest with his friend Teobaldo and the brave curupira Ingá. Along the way, they face challenges and encounter magical creatures from Brazilian folklore.

Evil Within

Evil Within · 2025

Luna sets out on a journey in search of her mother, who disappeared on the last day of Carnival in Guarapari. Her search leads her to an old building that is apparently empty but inhabited by tormented souls.

The Cannibal Club

The Cannibal Club · 2019

The Cannibal Club

MovieHorrorComedy

Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are in grave danger.

Sementes

Sementes · 2020

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

While chaos reigns in the outside world, a woman maintains peace by tending a small vegetable garden, until she receives a strange order from distant lands.

Pirâmides

Pirâmides · 2025

MovieScience FictionAdventure

Yasmin sees her life change forever when a gigantic pyramid looms over her town, causing almost everyone to disappear. Now, she must face a series of highly unusual challenges alongside a group of completely clueless survivors - while dealing with some absolutely annoying aliens.

Revelations of a Cannibal Filmaker

Revelations of a Cannibal Filmaker · 2014

Revelations of a Cannibal Filmaker

Denílson always wanted to be an acclaimed filmmaker and be in the spotlight. Even with the support of his female colleagues, the lack of resources, or talent, leads the trio down a dark path saturated with gruesome practices.

Mud Zombies

Mud Zombies · 2008

In a polluted mangrove swamp, dead bodies raise during the night, attacking and biting the dwellers that transform into aggressive zombies. Local fisherman Luís fights against the monsters to survive and save the lives of those around him.

Vontade

Vontade · 2011

MovieHorrorComedy

Filmography

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Folkloric

Folkloric · 2026

MovieAdventureFantasy

Pequi is an awkward saci who believes he's unlucky for having been born with his left foot. To fix this, he sets off on a fun adventure through the Folclórica forest with his friend Teobaldo and the brave curupira Ingá. Along the way, they face challenges and encounter magical creatures from Brazilian folklore.

Director

Evil Within

Evil Within · 2025

Luna sets out on a journey in search of her mother, who disappeared on the last day of Carnival in Guarapari. Her search leads her to an old building that is apparently empty but inhabited by tormented souls.

Director

The Cannibal Club

The Cannibal Club · 2019

The Cannibal Club

MovieHorrorComedy

Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are in grave danger.

Special Effects

Sementes

Sementes · 2020

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

While chaos reigns in the outside world, a woman maintains peace by tending a small vegetable garden, until she receives a strange order from distant lands.

Director

Pirâmides

Pirâmides · 2025

MovieScience FictionAdventure

Yasmin sees her life change forever when a gigantic pyramid looms over her town, causing almost everyone to disappear. Now, she must face a series of highly unusual challenges alongside a group of completely clueless survivors - while dealing with some absolutely annoying aliens.

Special Effects

Revelations of a Cannibal Filmaker

Revelations of a Cannibal Filmaker · 2014

Revelations of a Cannibal Filmaker

Denílson always wanted to be an acclaimed filmmaker and be in the spotlight. Even with the support of his female colleagues, the lack of resources, or talent, leads the trio down a dark path saturated with gruesome practices.

Director

Mud Zombies

Mud Zombies · 2008

In a polluted mangrove swamp, dead bodies raise during the night, attacking and biting the dwellers that transform into aggressive zombies. Local fisherman Luís fights against the monsters to survive and save the lives of those around him.

Director

Vontade

Vontade · 2011

MovieHorrorComedy

Makeup Designer

Dark Sea

Dark Sea · 2013

MovieHorrorComedy

A strange black spot approaches the coast, bringing death and destruction to a fishing village. In a desperate flight to escape the chaos, lonely Albino fights for the great love of his life at the risk of his own soul.

Director

Chupa-Cabras

Chupa-Cabras · 2005

He was taken away. And he wasn't alone.

Director

Horror no Cinema Nacional

Horror no Cinema Nacional · 2016

Horror no Cinema Nacional

MovieDocumentary

Histórias Estranhas 2

Histórias Estranhas 2 · 2024

Histórias Estranhas 2

MovieHorrorMystery

Six new stories emerge in the new feature film from the Stranger Tales franchise, bringing the theme of Demons and Possessions.

Director

Sessão das Oito

Sessão das Oito · 2009

Sessão das Oito

Makeup Effects

Memórias do Pampa Feroz

Memórias do Pampa Feroz · 2025

Memórias do Pampa Feroz

MovieDocumentary

Produtor e maquiador (archive footage)

Encosto

Encosto · 2013

MovieMysteryHorror

Makeup Effects

Cemetery of Lost Souls

Cemetery of Lost Souls · 2020

Cemetery of Lost Souls

MovieFantasyHorror

Corrupted by the power of Cipriano's Black Book, a Jesuit and his followers begin a reign of horror in colonial Brazil, until they be cursed to live forever trapped under the graves of a cemetery. Now, centuries later, they are ready to break free and spread their evil all over the world.

Director

Tropical SOV

Tropical SOV · 2025

MovieHorrorComedy

Tropical SOV is a Brazilian anthology that brings together 23 independent filmmakers who bring to life 21 hilarious, strange and bizarre stories that could only happen in Brazil. From brains that produce cocaine to the incredible human videocassette, including the secrets of synthetic meat, baldness cures, castration of rapists, nihilistic fruits, magical sweets and the poop king of Evangelistão.

Prop Designer

The Black Forest

The Black Forest · 2018

The Black Forest

In a forest based in the heart of Brazil, a girl sees her life – and everyone’s around her – change terribly, when she finds the Lost Book of Cypriano, whose Dark Magic, besides bestowing power and wealth on its possessor, is also able to deliver a terrible evil upon the Earth.

Director

Zombio 2

Zombio 2 · 2013

MovieComedyHorror

Zombies, beautiful dead girls, newly-dead and a wide variety of colorful and slimy undead invade the West of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Guts roll while "yerba mate" Cronenberg is consumed by the farmers. But the zombies aren't the biggest problem when all the humans are sadistic and selfish.

Makeup Artist

Casa do Capeta

Casa do Capeta · 2010

On an Ash Wednesday, a group of revelers decides to enter an abandoned house, but they encounter the unexpected.

Director

The dead's passion

The dead's passion · 2011

The dead's passion

"The dead's passion" is an animated short-photonovela, telling the origin of the character "Zumboa", a potential innocent victim (and a fan of horror films) who, attacked by disgusting and lustful undead out of an old cemetery, turns into a much more lethal creature ... A very alive, dominating and seductive dead.

Makeup Effects

O Saci

A girl crosses the forest to get milk and on the way she knows about Saci, who punishes those who do not respect the people of the forest.

Writer

Alerta: recuento de cadáveres

Alerta: recuento de cadáveres · 2014

Alerta: recuento de cadáveres

MovieActionHorror

Unites 8 Latin American filmmakers from countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Spain, and Mexico in a single feature to count depict in seven stories some of the most brutal crimes that have happened in these countries.

Director

Peixe Podre

Peixe Podre · 2005

A fish caught in the lake in the Perocão region, in Garapari, Espírito Santo, contaminates the people who eat it, turning them into zombies thirsty for human flesh.

Director