Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe will be released on November 28 via Arrow Video. The five-disc Blu-ray box set collects 10 films from Brazilian horror icon José Mojica Marins, better known as Coffin Joe.
It includes: 1964's At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, 1967's This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse, 1968's The Strange World of Coffin Joe, 1970's Awakening of the Beast, 1971's The End of Man, 1972's When the Gods Fall Asleep, 1976's The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures, 1977's Hellish Flesh, 1978's Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind, and 2008's Embodiment of Evil.
Each disc has its own Blu-ray case with reversible artwork by Butcher Billy. They're housed together in a slipcase with a book featuring new writing by Tim Lucas, Carlos Primati, Jerome Reuter, Amy Voorhees Searles, Kyle Anderson, and Paula Sacramento, a double-sided poster, and 12 double-sided art cards.
All 10 movies have been newly stored in 4K from the best available elements with original lossless mono audio (except Embodiment of Evil, which has lossless 2.0 and 5.1 audio). Special features are listed below, where you can also see more of the packaging.
Disc 1: At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
Audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
Video essay by Lindsay Hallam (new)
Damned: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins - 2001 documentary
Bloody Kingdom - Marins’ first short film with director’s commentary
Excerpts from early works by Marins
Trailer
Disc 2: This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse / The Strange World of Coffin Joe
This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
The Strange World of Coffin Joe audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
Interview with film historian Stephen Thrower (new)
Video essay by Miranda Corcoran looking Coffin Joe as horror host (new)
The Strange World of Coffin Joe alternate ending with commentary by Marins
Trailers
Disc 3: Awakening of the Beast / The End of Man
Awakening of the Beast audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
The End of Man audio commentary by José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte, and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
Interview with Guy Adams on Marins’ esoteric aspects (new)
Video essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on the gender politics of Marins’ films (new)
The Awakening of the Beast alternate opening titles
Trailers
When the Gods Fall Asleep / The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
Interview with Virginie Sélavy on surrealism in Marins’ work (new)
Interview with Jack Sargeant (new)
Interview with Embodiment of Evil co-writer Dennison Ramalho (new)
Footage of Marins at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival
A Blind Date for Coffin Joe short film
Trailer
Disc 5: Hellish Flesh / Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind commentary by José Mojica Marins, editor Nilcemar Leyart, Paulo Duarte, and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
Interview with Andrew Leavold on Marins’ place in '60s & '70s Marginal Cinema (new)
Video essay by Kat Ellinger (new)
Trailers
Disc 6: Embodiment of Evil
Audio commentary by producer Paulo Sacramento and co-writer Dennison Ramalho (Portuguese with English subtitles)
Interview with Dennison Ramalho (new)
Interview in which Ramalho pays tribute to Marins
Footage of Marins at the film’s premiere
Making Of featurette
Experimental Making Of featurettes
Multiple featurettes with commentary by Marins
Trailer
Additional contents:
Collector’s book with new writing by Tim Lucas, Carlos Primati, Jerome Reuter, Amy Voorhees Searles, Kyle Anderson, and Paula Sacramento
Double-sided poster with artwork by Butcher Billy
12 double-sided art cards
Cultural icon, anti-establishment statement, sadistic lord of carnival horror! With his long fingernails, top hat and cape, Coffin Joe was the creation of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who wrote, directed and starred in a series of outrageous movies from 1964 to 2008.
I wrote an essay for this release! My love for the films of Coffin Joe is pure and true. I’m not sure that came across in the essay, so I’m saying it here and now!
FOR GOD'S SAKE, GET OUT of your house and join us tonight at the Philosophical Research Society! (at The Philosophical Research Society) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4RsPJvxT4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
TONIGHT! In person AND simulcast online! Please be our guest...because you wouldn't want to be our HOST. (at The Philosophical Research Society) https://www.instagram.com/p/CljjOS2PYh5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Join us for an intimate and entertaining evening with horror legend and irrepressible storyteller, Tom Holland. Hosted by Mark Miller. There are two types of tickets for this class: Physical and virtual via live simulcast. Attend in Los Angeles or from anywhere in the world!
TONIGHT! 7:30PM Pacific. Live in Los Feliz and simulcast via Zoom.
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Holland talk, you know he’s got an endless supply of stories which he delivers in a delightfully unguarded manner. It should be an entertaining evening!
🎶These are a few of my favorite things🎵 #mexicomaleficarum #frankzappa #chanourueta #abelsalazar (at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjzGhRKLgTf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Tonight I was privileged enough to see one of my favorite films on the big screen (something I never thought would be possible). I was thankful for my KN95 mask for the unintended benefit of stopping me from hyperventilating. Couldn't keep me from crying, though... Gracias @aullidos_panteoneros #mexicomaleficarum #elespejodelabruja #chanourueta #rositaarenas (at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjctKFJOSFR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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