Awakening of the Beast

Infobox Film
name = Awakening of the Beast


caption = Screenshot from film
director = José Mojica Marins
producer = Giorgio Attili
José Mojica Marins
George Michel Serkeis
writer = Rubens F. Lucchetti
starring = José Mojica Marins
music =
cinematography = Giorgio Attili
editing = Luiz Elias
distributor =
released =
runtime = 93 min
country = BRA
language = Portuguese
budget =
preceded_by = "The Strange World of Ze do Caixao"
followed_by = "When the Gods Fall Asleep"
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0062690

"Awakening of the Beast" (original titles: "O Ritual dos Sádicos", and "O Despertar da Besta") is a 1970 Brazilian horror/exploitation film directed by Brazilian filmmaker and actor José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão (in English, Coffin Joe).cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062690/|title=O Ritual dos Sádicos|publisher=IMDb|language=English|accessdate=2008-07-05]

Plot

A psychiatrist experiments with LSD on 4 volunteer drug addicts in order to investigate Coffin Joe's influence over them. After being injected with the drug, they stare at a Coffin Joe movie poster. Each patient's experience is monitored and documented.

Cast

*José Mojica Marins ... Himself/Zé do Caixão
*Ângelo Assunção
*Ronaldo Beibe
*Andreia Bryan
*João Callegaro
*Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias
*Maurice Capovila
*José Carlos
*Emília Duarte
*Jaciara Ducena
*Jairo Ferreira
*Jandira Gabriel
*Graveto
*Sérgio Hingst
*Mario Lima
*Annik Malvil
*Márcio Marcel
*Stela Maris
*Cláudio Marques
*Dante Miná
*Paulo Morandy
*Ítala Nandi
*Helena Nogueira
*Palito
*Walter Portela
*Carlos Reichenbach
*Luiz Renato
*Lurdes Ribas
*Araken Saldanha ... Zé do Caixão (voice)
*Rosemeire Thiago
*Roney Wanderley

Cultural references

Marins' opening lines were sampled and used as the intro to White Zombie's song "I, Zombie."

References

External links

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*imdb name|id=0596261|name=José Mojica Marins
* [http://www2.uol.com.br/zedocaixao/ Official Zé do Caixão site] pt icon