Awakening of the Beast

Name: Awakening of the Beast
Released: 1970
Rating: 58.03
Cast: José Mojica Marins, Ângelo Assunção, Ronaldo Beibe, Andreia Bryan, João Callegaro

1970

Drama, Horror

1h 33m

Psychiatrist experiments LSD on 4 volunteers, to investigate Coffin Joe's influence over them. Each patient presents a different reaction, involving sex, perversion and sadism. (imdb)

AKA:

O Ritual dos Sádicos

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

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Awakening of the Beast

1970

Drama, Horror

1h 33m

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moraesfelipe

Rated 20 Feb 2020

A three-part confusing, entrancing journey into Brazil's rotten plagues, specially misogyny. First is showcase of people doing demented, depraved sex after dropping LSD while a psychiatrist gets interrogated by peers. Second is an interesting Joe's self-reflection -- way before this kind of meta cinema was popular in US horror --; he stands in trial for the films he has made and is found not guilty. Last is psychedelic, colored fever dream with the four addicts exposed to Coffin imagery.

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