How about a Brazilian Dracula? This is what the film is about, but forget fangs, bats and mirror reflections. Our Brazlian Drac is more worried about the menacing influence of religion on people’s mind. In fact, half of the film our main character, Ze do Caixao, played by the director himself (José Mojica), gives us long speeches about morality, the dangers of religion, and the eternity of blood !! Throughout the film, he terrorizes a small town by kidnapping beautiful babes and making them suffer. How? Throwing some venomous spiders where ladies in distress are kept, and killing them with snakes. It all takes place in his basement, cauldron, or whatever you want to call it.
Director Mojica is one of those rarities in Latin American cinema. With almost no financial resources, he pulled out a couple of horror flicks in the 60’s and 70’s. What is really remarkable is his freedom. There seemed to be no censorship. There are explicit scenes of violence, sensuality and almost rape. For a movie shot in the 60’s, this must have been as controversial as it gets. Banned in Brazil and other countries, Mojica got recognition many years after in Europe and North America. Besides these horror stories, he did many Brazilian porno movies. A strange fellow, but an interesting one. He is now an icon among horror buffs.
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