At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

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Release Date

11/9/1964

Runtime

83 mins

Overview

Zé do Caixão is an undertaker in a small Brazilian town, searching for the perfect woman to bear him a superior child. Unable to conceive with his wife, he kills her and sets out to find someone else.

Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Budget

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Revenue

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A visceral early horror film that treats its deranged protagonist's search with unflinching seriousness, creating an atmosphere of creeping dread as mundane cruelty bleeds into the grotesque.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingBleak

Themes

ObsessionFamilyMortality

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

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Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceSexual content

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At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964) directed by José Mojica Marins | FirstCinema