Esta noite encarnarei no teu cadáver (1966): Zé do Caixão e o horror nos trópicos

Abstract

The intention of this research is discussing if the movie Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver (1966) is a horror movie or not, and analyses which are the reasons that people do this statement: in which situations a movie can be considered a horror movie or not and why it's denied as a horror movie by the audience. To this end, it will be done a study about how the director José Mojica Marins (1936-2020) uses the cinema genre horror's elements in this movie, while shows a singular and authorship style, whose main characteristics are the use of Brazilian Folklore's elements e ideias of another medias and cinema genres. During this analysis will be presented horror genre's the main characteristics, in agreement with the Cinema Genre Theory, presented by Luís Nogueira in his book Gêneros Cinematográficos (2010), and a genre horror short history until the period Mojica made his movie. Besides that, it will be presented a brief Mojica's biography and his main characteristics as a director.