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Embodiment of Evil

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2008 | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and middling reviews (56% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Right up the alley of anyone who likes to be kept guessing and anyone who enjoys a good scare. Best watched with the lights down and someone to grab. If you loved Grindhouse, start here.
The mood
Scary.
The pace
Builds dread steadily, at 1 hr 34 min.
What might put you off
  • Rated NC-17: meant for adults.
  • It's in Portuguese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Skip it if you scare easily or watch alone at night.

Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is back on the streets, haunted by ghostly visions and spirits of past victims but still set upon the goal that sent him to prison in the first place: finding a woman who can give him the perfect child.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    56% on Rotten Tomatoes

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsSolid

    14 wins and 11 nominations from smaller awards and festivals

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 6K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by José Mojica Marins

  • José Mojica MarinsZé do Caixão
  • Jece ValadãoCoronel Claudiomiro Pontes
  • Adriano StuartCapitão Oswaldo Pontes
  • Milhem CortazPadre Eugênio
  • Rui RezendeBruno
  • José Celso Martinez CorrêaMistificador
  • Cristina AchéLucy Pontes
  • Helena IgnezCabíria
  • Débora MunizLucrécia
  • Thaís SimiMaíra