Embodiment of Evil

Embodiment of Evil

The return of the master of horror

NC-17 2008 · 94 min · ★ 5.3 · Horror, Thriller

Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is back on the streets, haunted by ghostly visions and spirits of past victims but still set upon the goal that sent him to prison in the first place: finding a woman who can give him the perfect child.

Directed by José Mojica Marins · Written by José Mojica Marins

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José Mojica Marins Zé do Caixão
Jece Valadão Coronel Claudiomiro Pontes
Adriano Stuart Capitão Oswaldo Pontes
Milhem Cortaz Padre Eugênio
Rui Rezende Bruno
José Celso Martinez Corrêa Mistificador
Cristina Aché Lucy Pontes
Helena Ignez Cabíria
Débora Muniz Lucrécia
Thaís Simi Maíra
Cleo de Paris Dra. Hilda
Nara Sakarê Elena

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