José Mojica Marins

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

José Mojica Marins (March 13, 1936 - February 19, 2020) was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, television and media personality. His interest in filmmaking began at an early age. When Marins was three, his father ran a local cinema, and the family lived in a flat above the theater. Marins is also known by his alter ego Coffin Joe (loosely translated from Zé do Caixão). Although Marins is known primarily as a horror film director, his earlier works were Westerns, dramas and adventure films.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

About

Directing, Male

Birthday

13 March 1936, 89 years old

Known For

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse

Embodiment of Evil

The Awakening of the Beast

Dark Fables

The Strange World of Coffin Joe

The End of Man

The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe

Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Fitas Proibidas - Antologia do Terror

2024

A Lasanha Assassina: A Revolta das Massas

2022

The Curse

Coffin Joe

2021

A Última Praga de Mojica

Self

2021

The Good Cinema

Self

2021

Ivan, the TerrirBle

Self (archive footage)

2020

Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy

Self (archive footage)

2020

A Praga do Cinema Brasileiro

2018

Coffin Joe's Heart of Darkness

2017

Cult of Terror

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2017

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

Self

2017

SP Zero 15

2016

Horror no Cinema Nacional

2016

Memórias da Boca

2015

Afonso é uma Brazza

Zé do Caixão

2015

Entrando Numa Roubada

Gerente do Banco

2015

Rua do Triumpho - O Filme

2015

Carniçal

Pai

2015

Dark Fables

2015

O Saci

Pastor

2015

Extra Bloody

2013

Orgy of the Devil and Other Forbidden Tapes of Ivan Cardoso

2013

Sangue Marginal

2013

Liz Vamp

Selfie

2013

The First Time of Brazilian Cinema

Himself

2013

Let Your Fans Be Your Distributor!

Self

2013

Nas Asas do Caixão

Self

2012

O Beijo na Morte

Narrador Convidado

2012

Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz

2012

Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

2012

Ponto Org

2011

A espiritualidade e a sinuca

Deus

2011

Gurcius Gewdner Show

Master of the World

2010

A Descent Into Coffin Joe's Hell

Ele mesmo

2010

O Fim da Picada

2009

FilmeFobia

Zé do Caixão

2008

Embodiment of Evil

Zé do Caixão

2008

Undertaker

Coffin Joe (voice)

2008

The Capitol of the Dead

2008

Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista

2008

Rock Rocket: Doidão

2008

Pináculo da Miséria

2007

A Hora do Terrir

2007

Person

Self

2007

Giant Nails' Kidnapping

Himself

2007

5 Mentiras

Zé do Caixão

2006

Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?

2006

A Marca do Terrir

Self

2005

Soberano

Self

2005

Lâmia, Vampiro!

Apresentador

2005

Necrophagia - Nightmare Scenarios

Coffin Joe

2004

Um Show de Verão

Dono da Funerária

2004

Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora

2003

Samba Chanson

Self

2002

The Devil Baby Was Born in São Paulo

2002

A Lasanha Assassina

Narrator

2002

Mojica In The Snow: Tonight I Incarnate At Sundance!

Himself

2001

Coffin Joe: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins

Himself

2001

Wild Torture - The Grid

2001

Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto

2000

O Auto de Leidiana

1998

Ed Mort

Silva 3

1997

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

Self

1997

At Midnight with Glauber Rocha

1997

Canibais na HorrorCon

Self

1997

Coffin Joe Tales

Padre / Cavaleiro do Medo

1997

Homem sem terra - A volta de João Amorim

1996

Babu - Damned Revenge

(as Coffin Joe)

1996

Coffin Joe's Visions of Terror

Coffin Joe

1994

Dark Galaxy

(archive footage)

1993

Júlio o Rei dos Vilões

1990

Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots

Príncipe Renine

1990

Queen of Clubs

1989

Demons and Wonders

Self

1987

The Beauties of Billings

1987

48 Hours of Hallucinatory Sex

1987

Fatal Hours

Dr. Honório

1987

Hour of Fear

1986

O Filho do Sexo Explícito

1985

Fifth Dimension of Sex

1984

Father Pedro and the Revolt of the Children

Rodrigo Napu

1984

The Secret of the Mummy

Explorador

1982

Fogo-Fátuo

1980

Chapeuzinho Vermelho

1980

World Market of Sex

Mauro

1979

Perversion

Vitorio Palestrina

1979

The Universe of Mojica Marins

Self

1978

Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind

Himself / Zé do Caixão

1978

Horror Palace Hotel

Himself

1978

The Marble Goddess

1978

One Man's Failure on Two Wedding Nights

1977

The Abyss

Professor Pearson

1977

Hellish Flesh

Dr. George Medeiros

1977

The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures

Zé do Caixão

1976

As Mulheres do Sexo Violento

1976

The Vampire of the Cinematheque

1976

The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe

José Mojica Marins / Zé do Caixão

1974

When the Gods Fall Asleep

Finis Hominis

1972

Sex and Blood on Treasure Trail

Ermitão

1972

The End of Man

Finis Hominis

1971

The Awakening of the Beast

Himself / Zé do Caixão

1970

Audácia!

Self

1970

The Prophet of Hunger

Ali Khan

1970

The Godless Bandit

Zé das Penitências

1970

The Strange World of Coffin Joe

Professor Oãxiac Odéz / Zé do Caixão

1968

Por Exemplo Butantã

1968

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse

Zé do Caixão

1967

The Devil in Old Town

1966

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

Zé do Caixão

1964

My Destiny is in Your Hands

Father

1963

Adventurer's Fate

1958

Bloody Kingdom

Sultão

1948