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53% Critic Match
Embodiment of Evil
“The return of the master of horror”
5.3 / 10• 2008• 1h 34m•NC-17• Portuguese
HorrorThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
José Mojica Marins
Zé do Caixão
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. José Mojica Marins's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Embodiment of Evil is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
