Horror as a performance of death: José Mojica Marins and the tradition of the Grand Guignol

Authors

  • Lucio De Franciscis dos Reis Piedade Universidade Anhembi Morumbi/FAPESP
  • Laura Loguercio Canepa Universidade Anhembi Morumbi

Keywords:

brazilian cinema, horror, Grand Guignol, torture porn, José Mojica Marins.

Abstract

This paper discusses aspects of the “Coffin Joe” trilogy directed by José Mojica Marins (At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, 1964; This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse, 1967; Embodiment of Evil, 2008), taking as its starting point the French tradition of the Theatre of the Grand Guignol (1897-1962). We also discuss how the graphic elements of horror were inserted and recycled in these films, according to paradigm shifts in the genre on the international scene since the 1960s.

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Author Biographies

Lucio De Franciscis dos Reis Piedade, Universidade Anhembi Morumbi/FAPESP

Doutor em Multimeios pela Unicamp/SP, pós-doutorando bolsista FAPESP junto ao Programa de Pós graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Anhembi Morumbi.

Laura Loguercio Canepa, Universidade Anhembi Morumbi

Doutora em Multimeios pela Unicamp/SP e docente do PPGCom da Universidade Anhembi Morumbi.

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Published

2014-12-13

Issue

No. 28 (2014)

Section

Artigos | Articles

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