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Old 09-13-2008, 10:08 AM
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Coffin Joe

Brazil's José Mojica Marins(aka Zé do Caixão-Coffin Joe) is one of the great world horror masters, who's work is largely unsung, outside of cult circles. Pretty much a Jack of all trades, who has been producing, directing, writing and even creating the music for his films since the early 60s. His signature character, the undertaker Coffin Joe, introduced in At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964) is a cross between Sergio Leone's nihilist Man with No Name trilogy and the gory excesses of Lewis and Romero, with a strange hint of pedophilia. Although there are only a small handful of true Coffin Joe films, he has appeared as the character many times, and is still making films.

I've seen about 4 of his films, on VHS, and want to get a DVD collection of his work going. I was wondering how many fans of his are here, if they have any of his work on disc, and what quality it is. Which, at the moment, are worth the investment. Let me know what you think.

Here's a couple of great fansites to check out, also-

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...icial%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...icial%26sa%3DN
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