Forty years on, legendary Brazilian writer-director-star Jose Mojica Marins returns to the role that established him as a horror genre auteur to be reckoned with as the long awaited third and final instalment of his renowned "Coffin Joe" series of films, EMBODIMENT OF EVIL, comes to DVD courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment.
The sequel to "At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul" (1964) and "This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse" (1967), EMBODIMENT OF EVIL sees the sadistic undertaker Coffin Joe finally released from a prison mental ward after serving a 40-year term for kidnap, torture and murder.
A must-see for all horror fans, this is one shocker that really does have it all – ghosts, torture, nudity and extremely graphic violence, all presented in an aesthetically pleasing style that many art-house cinema directors would kill for. For many horror aficionados, EMBODIMENT OF EVIL is almost certainly going to be the DVD release of the year.
EMBODIMENT OF EVIL (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (£17.99) and Blu-ray (£19.99) by Anchor Bay Entertainment on 27th July 2009. Special Features include: "Making of" featurette; trailer.
Anchor Bay will also be releasing a five disc COFFIN JOE DVD Box Set (£39.99) featuring nine titles: At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964); This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967); The Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968); Awakening of the Beast (1970); End of Man (1971); Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures (1976); Hellish Flesh (1977); Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind (1978); The Strange World of Mojica Marins documentary (2001).
