HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

BA_Harrison At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul marks the debut of Brazilian director José Mojica Marins' cult character Zé do Caixão (AKA Coffin Joe), a sadistic undertaker who will go to any lengths to find a woman to bear his son (it's not easy to find a willing mate when you're a leering, sadistic creep in dire need of a stylist—those nails, that hat, the cape: they've just got to go!). To understand the film's importance in the annals of horror, one must put it into context: when it was originally released in 1964, the amoral nature of Marins' bizarre creation would have been extremely shocking to its native, largely Catholic audience—a truly disturbing villain who pushed the boundaries of taste.However, in today's cinematic climate, where blasphemy is no longer such a taboo, and violence has been pushed to extremes, At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul no longer possesses such an impact…As played by Marins, Zé comes across like a camp cape-swishing pantomime villain, more likely to elicit laughter than fear. His wanton behaviour is almost comical, as he proceeds to do whatever the hell he likes, raping and killing at will, the locals cowering in fear rather than forming a lynch mob and dealing with the fiend en masse, as they could so easily do. The film also features such trite spooky elements as a wizened old gypsy hag who warns Zé of his impending doom, a stuffed owl screeching from a tree, a raging thunderstorm, a foggy graveyard, and a ghost surrounded by badly animated glitter. One or two moments still hint at the power the film would have had on its original release—the brutal beating of Zé's friend's fiancée, Terenzinha, is surprisingly vicious, and the savage mutilation of a man's hand with a broken bottle was clearly explicit for the era—but there's almost nothing here to cause concern for modern day horror fans, making this one of interest only to cult movie addicts interested in seeing outdated oddities for the sake of completion.5/10 for making me laugh a bit.

Red-Barracuda This is the first film featuring the Brazilian horror icon Zé do Caixão (or Coffin Joe to most people). Its director and star José Mojica Marins brain-child and it is nothing if not a true original. In it, Marins evil character is a gravedigger who has the populace of a village in mortal fear of him. He seeks a woman to bear him a child and goes about this is a manner involving murder an mayhem.At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul is a very strange film. To some degree the weirdness may be attributable to its Brazilian origins. Marins output aside, there simply has been extremely few horror movies from this country. This means that the strange preoccupations on show here are isolated examples of horror from a Brazilian perspective. Hence the strange notion of an atheist horror villain who laughs in the face of god fearing villagers seems quite bizarre to western audiences but most probably had a lot more relevance within the context of the much more religious culture of Brazil. The upshot is that this character and these films are very strange indeed, and therefore are perfect fodder as cult movies. Even taking this into account though it would still have to be said that the story is often highly illogical and senseless. It has the feel of a comic-book in this sense. The people in Coffin Joe's world don't really act in a very normal way to say the least.For my money the sequel This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse is a better film though. In that one Marins had a little more budget, several more ideas and a better understanding of pacing a film. As a result it is a better expression of the basic ideas first given voice here. Nevertheless, this remains a curious and bizarre item that's well worth checking out if you have a taste for the more idiosyncratic side of the movies.

trivial_matt OK, maybe for the Resident Evil movies fans, À Meia-Noite Levarei sua Alma is just a piece of crap. But if you know that a movie doesn't need to be a video game and that real horror isn't in action scenes and in CGI, you will probably think like me: this is one of the bests horror movies ever. Zé do Caixão (I won't call him Coffin Joe. There's no such thing as a Brazillian undertaker with an English name.) is a really creep villain, and he don't need a hockey mask or burned skin for that. He is a man that have no respect for people believes and superstitions. That is the beauty of it all: this movie isn't made for fright Americans or Europeans watchers. It's a Brazillian horror movie for Brazillian fans. And here, in Brasil, Zé do Caixão is what really scares people. He uses a crown of thorns for torture, eats meat in Holy Fryday (I told that to my mom and she got shocked!) and kills everyone that is in the way for his objective: have his perfect son. José Mojica Marins is really the Man, and he kicks Marcus Nispel's and Paul Anderson's asses, (both at the same time and with just one foot) with less money, less effects, less production and a lot, A LOT of more talent. That's what we Brazillians want: real scary and gruesome horror national movies, not video clip American sh*t. Now, let's wait for Encarnação do Demônio, and watch Mojica kick some more asses.

preppy-3 Story about a funeral owner named Ze (Jose Mojica Marins) in some small Bazilian town. For some reason, he terrorizes the town mutilating people left and right. For whatever reason no one tries to stop him even when he cuts two fingers off a man and whips another brutally. His wife Lenita can't bear him children so he kills her. He then sets his sights on Terezhima, a girlfriend of his one friend Antonio. He drowns Antonio and beats Terezhima until she's bleeding and then rapes her. The movie goes on and on but I'm sure you get the idea.This is a no budget and pretty sick horror film. I know Ze (called "Coffin Joe" here in the U.S.) has his fans but I can't see why. There's next to no story line and it just shows us one scene after another of people being brutally beaten or killed. With the sole exception of Marins the acting is poor and the "special" effects are so obvious it's almost pretty funny. Wait till you see the ghosts that appear at the end! I only give this a 4 because I DO have to give Marins credit for making such a gory film in 1964. Also the non gore scenes--especially the ones in the forest and graveyard--are actually pretty atmospheric and the wild sound effects on the soundtrack (screaming and demonic laughter) actually work. Those scenes remind me (in a good way) of the old Universal horror movies of the 1930s and 40s.Still, this is a stupid and sick little horror item with bad acting and is surprisingly boring. What got to me was that nobody does anything when Ze is casually torturing people. Everyone just stands around like a bunch of idiots and watch. And wait till you see the witch here--talk about bad acting and overdoing it...