At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul
And
This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse
Hey look! It’s a double feature!
I felt like I couldn’t show the first film without the second one – especially since Tubi hasn’t pulled either of them yet. What we have here tonight is some grand low-budget horror films from Brazil, courtesy a very talented and motivated director, writer and actor by the name of José Mojica Marins. He overcame a lack of money, lack of actors, and even a lack of film to get his career launched. And quite honestly, he made some great films with what he had. He ended up playing his iconic “Coffin Joe” role over a dozen times, and he is still going. Good for him! I can tell you that by the early 1980s he was an underground legend in the states and his films were great lowbrow entertainment. I think he was a big inspiration for a generation of people to just get out there with a camera and make something, and see if it made money. Heck, anything is better than working at Denny’s!
I won’t go on much longer about this icon of low budget horror. Nobody likes a long post. I am glad to host this though, and I hope you enjoy it. You may be surprised at what he got away with in the 1960s Brazil. So what are these films all about?
Our first film is… At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul!
Driven by the overwhelming desire to have a son to continue his bloodline, blasphemous Zé do Caixão, the wicked undertaker of a tight-knit, God-fearing Brazilian village, sets his mind on finding the perfect woman to bear his child. And having grown tired of his infertile wife Lenita, the despicable mortician sets his sights on impregnating his best friend Antonio’s girlfriend Terezinha, and no one can stand in his way…
–IMDB
Our second film is… This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse!
After the events of the previous film, Coffin Joe continues to seek a maiden to give him a son. With the help of servant Bruno, he kidnaps six girls from a village. Which one of them will pass his trials of fear?
–IMDB
Kinda looks like the blonde in that movie poster might. At some point during this film José got ahold of a can of color film, and makes a shocking full-color transition as everyone goes to Hell. Use it if you got it!
I do hope you enjoy tonight’s double feature, this is a real film legend in action. This film didn’t really get major exposure in the states until the independent video revolution that started in the early 1980s. It was one of those amazing finds back then, sitting on a shelf next to Hammer Horror classics, just waiting for somebody to take a chance and rent it…
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary!
Incredible things are happening in the world right now. The Ayatollah might be toast by Thursday. Maduro got nabbed, at last. Crazy commie Karens are protesting in the streets. Take a break and from it all and watch some films. Next week, I will play something…. I just don’t know what yet. I have a lot of choices saved up!
Cool tape effects.
I found a dead frog in my car today. Probably a stowaway from Florida. Joke’s on him. It was hard as a rock.
[Nelson laugh]
Now I’m thinking of that Monty Python sketch about the crunchy frog.
I had a car that had ants.
I will take that over Australian spider cars.
Yeah, had that problem too, also in Florida. Fortunately, I found them after arriving to welding class and was able to burn off the ones infesting my welding jacket.
Have a little fire, scarecrow!
Hey, Derp! I got terminated by Walmart, too!
No animal issues in my cars, so far, but I have accidentally lit my car on fire while driving a few times. Legit, I handled it quite well. No fuzz, nor fuss.
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Fired from Wal-Mart? Seemed like it was going well.
See below
Wait, didn’t you have a job this morning?
Today turned out to be my last day! I posted some details below. I am possibly gonna miss out on 34 hours of accrued PTO. Uncertain, am I.
I wasn’t fired from Wal-Mart, but was told I would never be able to get a job with them again. After I put in my two week notice my friend came in claiming to be suicidal. I clocked out early to attend to the situation. I finished the rest of the days remaining on my schedule, but was told I would be put on some kind of do not rehire list. (This is after I had been an Employee of the Month more than once and earned one of those ‘Good Work’ pins). Except for that I had no problems with my experience there.
PTO wasn’t part of the package then, so I can’t comment on that.
Where is everybody??
I am here! Running late. It is slow tonight.
Seems like this happens every time I run a movie from south of the border.
This one is in Portuguese, so I can’t listen and do comments at the same time because subtitles.
I’m thinking this guy is like Tarantino. A good director, but doesn’t have it as an actor.
I agree with that assessment.
I’m sleeping.
I’ll queue these up. I’m still catching up on past GlibFlicks.
Thanks RJ!
How ’bout this? “Marins was inspired to make the film based on a nightmare where he was lowered into a grave by a black-clad version of himself. ” Ok, who hasn’t.
“To fund the project, Marins sold possessions such as his family car, having his wife live with her parents…” Uh. Huh. Get her outta there, and then fulfill his dream with his best friend’s gal? Well. I do sense dedication.
Well I’ve never had this figure in black stand before me. Then again, I was a lousy bass player.
Huh. I always get the black-figure treatment. It just stands really, really close to me every night.
STEVE SMITH NOT BLACK. EVAN FIND OUT SOON.
I think maybe the weirdest sci fi disaster movie is The Monolith Monsters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxohSwDFjxg
Earth vs Rocks
That was a great film. It was trying to put the science back into science fiction.
There is derp even I nope out of. Here is a sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk6HKpjGgQM
tits?
Yes
Right to the point.
ooo… a doubler tonight.
I once had a beautiful Brazilian woman tell me she wanted to teach me how to speak Portuguese. It was an enjoyable time until she told me she was married. I had to excuse myself. Homey don’t play that game.
I have to say that I do prefer black and white to color when it comes to low budget horror.
Reminds me of old Vincent Price movies, and I love me some VP.
Semi-Repost for Derp and more: Well, I again join hands with Derp, as I was also terminated by Walmart. I exceeded their 4.5 absentee point balance. On the bright side of life, I have that transcriptionist for the IMPD interview in two weeks and my voca rehab dude has a good lead. So good timing? Huh.
I’ve got 34hrs of PTO accrued. Cursory glance says I’ll get paid that, but there may be an exception in IN if there’s a company policy. Looking into that, there may be talk that Walmart pays it if you’ve been there for a year or more, but it may depend on a few things. Hrm. I started March 5, so 10mo in. Hrm-cicle-hrmy-hrm.
I’m not too bummed. It was coming, anyway. I’d have to take an absence for that interview, regardless. *shrug* [<– There's some truth to that, but it still sucks. Onward, Ev.]
Any thoughts /info on the PTO pickle are highly appreciated.
Remember you’re a human being, not a human doing. Jobs come and go.
Given your attitude, I don’t think you have much to worry about.
Live on the edge of glory, like that singer Lazy Hooha, or whatever her name is.
Oooh, Brad Goodman! I’m a human *going!*… on the way to new work. It’s an uncomfortable situation I’ve been in, but I’m confident I’ll be able to find a new and better one.
I will say, and you zoom past me in this regard, but I’ve had quite a cinematic life. I’m still in the beginning of Act III, with ‘two steps forward, one back,’ right before I find the ‘right’ upward path. (I’m sure I’ve got a few more stumbles in me.)
I see my neurologist tomorrow and I’ll try again to get a referral so I can get amphetamine salts.. errrrr Ritalin or Adderall!… cuz I’m one of the folk where that shit is like an On/Off switch. It was revelatory. It’s also an anti-convulsant, so just feed it into my veins.
MN Munch isn’t doing well in her return to Sauk Centre. Damn, she fucking hatehatehates the Somalis.
IIRC you did some stand-up in Chicago? To not lie, that’s been a Dream of mine for quite a while. Be a beast with my always-had social anxiety, but it’s another oddly similar thing we (may) share.
I still maintain we’d be a good sitcom pairing.
You’ll get a check in a month or 2 for your unused PTO. I did. Well, I got a check for something, and it was probably that.
This is the Bethannica reporting live from a hole in the wall karaoke bar. Just lurking. How is everybody doing tonight?
Watching a fun tennis match from New Zealand (one of the rare talented American men is playing) and building a nice Thursday night booze buzz.
New ZealandAustraliaIt’s the upside-down swing part of calendar, cut me some slack.
https://tenor.com/guXtNtQ1XzN.gif
I had too much alcohol and started watching “Rick and Morty”.
I need to eat and get some sleep.
The coverage keeps flipping from Auckland to Adelaide. I can’t keep up.
Never watched it; I have been intrigued but before investigating was turned off by the main actor getting canceled and replaced.
@Rhy: I happened on it and heard folk’s hear talk about it, so I gave it a shot. Incredibly glad I did. It’s the only recent show that I think it legit clever, original, and our-kind of insightful when it wants to be. Strongly recommend.
I am bizarrely out of touch; I haven’t seen Veep yet, which is apparently our spiritual show, with its SF-esque accuracy, and I’ve made known that Julia Louis-Dreyful is my spiritual soulmate. I’ve got appointments, but I’ll take a bit of a rest for the next week. Good time to catch up. And finish the two subs I’ve started.
I fibbed in the interest of KISS* – I did watch one episode a year or so ago and was intrigued. While being wary and distrustful of the politics that had been swirling around it.
It does check all my boxes. I should watch.
*keep it simple stupid
…and losing to some dude I never heard of.
Heaven forbid an American break decades of history of the US sucking complete ass at tennis.
I tried to watch Rick and Morty, I did not find the humor humorous. I don’t care how smart it tries to be. Also, I do not like that grotesque style animation. BURP *EVERYONE LAUGHS*
Although, as Rhy points out the creator was canceled for the same thing as one of my inspirations, the aptly named John K. I at least would ID check.
Hey, nice to see ya! Where ya at?
Was expecting Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.
am art disappoint.
Neighbor’s dog’s pathetic whining is pissing me off again. Increasing teevee volume to the maximum to drown it out.
I am not a big fan of the beasts but even if I were, I think they are totally inappropriate in an apartment building setting. I can’t smoke here but I could keep one of those monsters? Ugh.
I live next to a guy who works on the night shift. Maximum quiet.
I like animals and always have. Even had a few pets when I was a kid. By the time I reached my teens, I had no desire left to take care of or share a living space with an animal, especially a dog.
Dogs are intelligent, social creatures. You can’t just keep them cooped up and alone for hours on end. Also, they will piss and shit in the house unless you train them to do it outside.
My family had cats growing up and I did keep a pair of cats for ~14 years recently. But I am a one and done kind of guy – like many experiences for me, it was mostly enjoyable, often frustrating, and I have no particular desire or need to repeat it.
But dogs are just completely out of the question. They need way more attention than I am willing to provide. And I am a city kid and feel that dogs need more space. It’s crazy to keep them in a tiny apartment.
X-Files is showing an ep with that mind-reader kid that figured prominently in several stories.
I think if mind-reading actually existed, they should be shot on sight – in the crib, if possible.
There would be no greater danger to the rest of humanity.
And it’s crazy that Rod Serling got that right long before many celebrated syfy/fantasy writers came to treat such monsters with sympathy instead of alarm.
Any kid who had that power would rule the world before long and it would not go well for the rest of us.
Gibson.
Gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiU2lrGnT7U
Look what you have made me do.
I haven’t been paying much attention to the news of late, but alls I keep seeing online is how Europe is deploying (small numbers of) troops to Greenland in support.
The idea that we would invade Greenland strikes me as madness and seems to be more driven by either hysteria or sheer propaganda from the usual suspects. The Euros fucking despise Trump. Is it just me or are they trying to create the impression he is some madman, particularly with the midterms coming up?
Or maybe Trump shocks me and does something some pointless and stupid that I can’t even see what the point of it is. At the end of the day, it would be pretty funny to watch Europe actually manage to get more than a full battalion into Greenland to “defend” it.
How’s doggo? Hope the trazodone is working well.
HAT: More 420 dimenthonal chess, if the Euroth are defending the seath around Greenland then we don’t have to! Brilliant Donald! Brilliant!
Taking Greenland through whatever means is belligerant, stupid, and unnecessary and the idea that the Russians and/or the Chinese will take it if we don’t is a bald faced lie. It was kind of funny when I didn’t think Trump was serious but I think he’s serious.
I will say, I am very glad my film making came at the dawn of the digital era. Film is fickle with exposure and film speed and you really need to know what you’re doing, because you have to wait until the lab sends it back to really know what the result was.
In film school I had a directing project that was shot on 16mm where I had to work with an assigned team and the guy assigned as my cinematographer fucked up the exposure. The film got lost in the mail and took a couple weeks to make it to the lab and then they told me none of the footage was salvageable. By then it was too late to reshoot and the professor was going to fail me because this other guy, that was assigned to me, fucked up. I had been assigned to work on this same guys directing project as his cinematographer and his footage turned out, but that wouldn’t help me not fail. I talked the professor into letting me write a paper. But me being me I wrote a paper on how his favorite director sucked…but me also being me I wrote a solid paper and passed the class.
I’m glad your professor was professional enough to set aside the feelings and grade the paper based on merit.
I’ve had professors where failing to cater to their biases meant failure in grades.
https://x.com/giorgiameloni/status/2012032975643557971
I call AI.
So, most of my cold symptoms are gone, but I’ve screwed up my sleep schedule. Got an upgrade today, been up since 1am.
I should get up before my alarm goes off and shut it off.
Good morning,
Peeps! I am back at the Rochester airport, boarding in about 10 minutes. (5:20 AM eastern.)
Plane is here, crew is here. No reason to expect delays. So as long as there’s not too much drama at Detroit airport, I should be in Seattle today.
And there are a few different flights from Detroit to Seattle so I’m hoping that even if I miss the first connection, I will make one of them!!
Now I am on wait-and-see mode for the Rochester/Victor job.
I feel like the interview went well, but these things are tough to tell.
The potential future boss is a self-confessed libertarian, so there is that.
Do you think you’d like the job?
Yes, I do. It’s a return to defense, it’s an engineering management job so no crawling on hands and knees or climbing precarious ladders. Those days are done.
They specifically want an experienced engineer to mentor the younger folk, and they are interested in my bid and proposal work, systems engineering (requirements definition and validation etc).
😀👍
Good luck.
Good luck.
I hope I never have to look for another job again.
It’s a cold, cold morning here. Brrrrrrr, Glibs.
🥶👏🛌
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgWZQr7r0l0
🎶🎶
14° here…
12° here in Rochester.
Good morning, Sean, U, hayek, and Ted’S.! It’s a relatively balmy 22 degrees here in SW OH, with an alleged snow shower that shows on the radar but not out the Accuwindow.
Morning.
How goes?
Pretty well. Yesterday was much calmer at work since I’d finally gotten today’s payroll finalized. I now have a pretty good head start on the Big Deal for NEXT pay, which is calculating and paying semi-annual incentives. Then I have to complete a fairly detailed census for an annual employer 401(k) contribution.
I was just trying to get onto the county water & sewer website to confirm when that bill is due, as I haven’t received it in the mail yet. I’m good, as the bill was only just generated Monday.
How are you? I see your cold symptoms are almost gone?
Things have progressed into the “lingering” stage.
I have an appointment monday to get the turn signal fixed.
The 25th, I have civil service exams to take. Still hoping for a promoting.
I need to get a long span of no illnesses so I can rebuild my leave accruals. I’m under 60 hours banked. I prefer to have an emergency reserve of at least two weeks in case of emergency. (I know I get more PTO than a lot of people, but it’s there – I’m going to use it)
I tend to hoard Vacation hours, in particular, for emergencies. (We have separate Vacation, Sick time, and 8 hours of “Floating Holiday” time each year – only the Floating Holiday time is “use it or lose it” within the calendar year. You can accrue Vacation and Sick time until you max out at the cap.) The challenge is that after 25 years, I’m at the highest accrual rate for Vacation, so I have to be careful to use some every so often to keep from maxing out and stopping the accrual. (I’d better check my balance when I get to work!)
We have a cutoff date of April 1st when any vacation house above 300 are lost. We have a separate sick leave pool that you can hoard up to 1,500 hours, but you can also cash unused sick leave in towards reduction of insurance premiums at retirement. We have another pool of one week personal leave that resets at your anniversay date (whenever you started working for the state) We have a calendar of holidays, some of which are designated as floating, where if you work that day you get a day that will expire a year later. If a regular holiday falls on a saturday, you get a day of holiday leave that acts like a floating holiday but appears on a different line item. And then it gets esoteric…
Oh, yeah – because July 4th is on Saturday this year, we’ll give all F/T employees another 8 hours of Floating Holiday time, but not until shortly before the holiday, maybe sometime in June, to use before year-end. That’s to reduce the chance that someone will use the time, then quit before the actual holiday.
Reading about your system, I’m thinking, “I thought OUR time off system was complicated!”
Looking at my time card, in the Leave Category drop down there are 71 Options, most of which will never be used by any given employee.
Enjoy the cat butts around 20 seconds in
https://www.foxnews.com/us/latin-kings-gang-member-accused-vandalizing-fbi-vehicle-stealing-government-property-minneapolis
This is who Democrats support.
I thought they wanted no kings….
Sort of. They want to be the king.
Facial tattooos are a surefire sign of terrible decision making and anyone with one is either a maniac or a moron or both. Being a criminal with one is even stupider but at least he’s easy to identify.
”Germany Forces Lexus to Remotely Kill Car Heating In Dead Of Winter”
https://autos.yahoo.com/policy-and-environment/articles/germany-forces-lexus-remotely-kill-173212814.html
A feature paid for as an option nixed by government decree and disabled remotely because emissions. The Germans are a pathetic people.
“Herr Beamter – I’m afraid there is a defect in the remote service directive code. It cannot disable these features.”
NY(C) have similar laws. I’m surprised Kathy isn’t turning off your car heat here too. It’s for your own good, citizen.
suh’ fam
yo whats goody
Good morning! It’s Friday, so that is a good thing.