| Trilogy of Terror | |
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Original Brazilian film poster |
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| Directed by | Jose Mojica Marins Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias |
| Produced by | Renato Grechi Antonio Polo Galante |
| Written by | Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias Rubens Francisco Luchetti |
| Music by | Damiano Cozzella Rogerio Duprat |
| Cinematography | Giorgio Attili Oswaldo de Oliveira Peter Overbeck |
| Editing by | Nilcemar Leyart |
| Distributed by | Produções Cinematográficas Zé do Caixão |
| Release date(s) | April 22, 1968 |
| Running time | 102 min |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Trilogy of Terror (original title: Trilogia de Terror) is a 1968 Brazilian horror film by Brazilian film director/actor José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão (in English, Coffin Joe). The film consists of 3 stories adapted from the Brazilian TV series Além, Muito Além do Além (Beyond, Much Beyond the Beyond): O Acordo (The Agreement), A Procissão dos Mortos (Procession of Dead), and Pesadelo Macabro (Macabre Nightmare).[1][2]
A mother becomes involved with black magic and offers a virgin woman to the devil in exchange for curing the illness of her only son. (40 minutes)
Cast: Lucy Rangel, Regina Célia, Durvalino de Souza, Luis Humberto, Alex Ronay, Henrique Borgens, Ugarte, Nádia Tell, Éddio Smani, Eucaris de Morais (“Karé”).[1]
A poor laborer is the only man in one village with courage to face a group of guerrilheiros ("guerrilla ghosts") that haunt the minds of the local villagers. (28 minutes)
Cast: Lima Duarte, Cassilda Lanuza, Waldir Guedes, Carlos Alberto Romano, Roberto Ferreira (Zé Coió), Lenoir Bittencourt, Pontes Santos, Wilson Júnior, Francisco Ribeiro.[1]
A young man named Claudio (Mário Lima) is obsessed by fear of reptiles and spiders and the fear of being buried alive. When he undergoes a shocking event, he becomes unresponsive and is mistakenly buried, only to revive in the coffin after burial. His screams of terror from underground go unheard by the villagers (31 minutes)
Cast: Mário Lima, Vany Miller, Nelson Gasparini, Ingrid Holt, Walter C. Portella, Kátia Dumont, Francis Mary, Milene Drumont, Sebastião Grandin, Paula Ramos. [1]
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