The character is certainly one of the biggest and best characters ever made in Brazil. And he is among the 3 best horror characters ever created, at least in the official list of Horror out there, Zé do Caixão surpasses most of them.
Zé do Caixão challenged everything and everyone, he challenged men, women, the dead, the devil and God.
Fearless, evil, atheist. The true son of the devil, so to speak.
The film is a psychological horror, everything in the film is terrifying. Only one moment in the film does Zé show himself to be good, which was protecting a child.
Zé do Caixão reminded me a lot of Yujiro from Baki, a guy who is at the top and is different from the others around him. In this case, Zé do Caixão reigned in the city where he lived. He was the owner of all that, including, as a gravedigger, he even owned everyone's bodies, as everyone's last moment would be in his hands. And in addition to killing, he buries his victims. The two moments that faced him, both resolved in a humiliating way. The first was beaten with a whip, the second knelt down and did exactly what he wasn't supposed to do. Terrible.
The rape scene is one of the heaviest scenes in cinema. The guy kissing the woman's bloody mouth, forcibly taking her virginity. This woman is his best friend's wife. The same one who was murdered at the moment he was declaring the happiest things in his life. Terrifying.
The most memorable scene is him challenging the dead. One of the most impactful scenes in cinema.
Besides, the lines in the film border on poetry. Like the kiss scene. Where he says more or less like this: "— Let's try your kiss and see if it's rebellious with words!" , then he says: "The face is that of an angel, but the kiss is that of a viper." And many other brilliant lines throughout the film.
The character is very well constructed, full of depth. The transforming look is something from Japanese anime and was present in our Brazilian cinema long before.
When I look at old Brazilian products, what I always see is how much the people of this nation have been idiotized and sabotaged.
I could talk about a lot more here. But the text would be even bigger.
Review by Gleycon Jeferson Silva FerreiraBlockedParentSpoilers2024-02-25T00:52:54Z
The character is certainly one of the biggest and best characters ever made in Brazil. And he is among the 3 best horror characters ever created, at least in the official list of Horror out there, Zé do Caixão surpasses most of them.
Zé do Caixão challenged everything and everyone, he challenged men, women, the dead, the devil and God.
Fearless, evil, atheist. The true son of the devil, so to speak.
The film is a psychological horror, everything in the film is terrifying. Only one moment in the film does Zé show himself to be good, which was protecting a child.
Zé do Caixão reminded me a lot of Yujiro from Baki, a guy who is at the top and is different from the others around him. In this case, Zé do Caixão reigned in the city where he lived. He was the owner of all that, including, as a gravedigger, he even owned everyone's bodies, as everyone's last moment would be in his hands. And in addition to killing, he buries his victims. The two moments that faced him, both resolved in a humiliating way. The first was beaten with a whip, the second knelt down and did exactly what he wasn't supposed to do. Terrible.
The rape scene is one of the heaviest scenes in cinema. The guy kissing the woman's bloody mouth, forcibly taking her virginity. This woman is his best friend's wife. The same one who was murdered at the moment he was declaring the happiest things in his life. Terrifying.
The most memorable scene is him challenging the dead. One of the most impactful scenes in cinema.
Besides, the lines in the film border on poetry. Like the kiss scene. Where he says more or less like this: "— Let's try your kiss and see if it's rebellious with words!" , then he says: "The face is that of an angel, but the kiss is that of a viper." And many other brilliant lines throughout the film.
The character is very well constructed, full of depth. The transforming look is something from Japanese anime and was present in our Brazilian cinema long before.
When I look at old Brazilian products, what I always see is how much the people of this nation have been idiotized and sabotaged.
I could talk about a lot more here. But the text would be even bigger.