Trilogy of Terror (1968 film)

Trilogy of Terror
Original film poster
Directed byJosé Mojica Marins
Luís Sérgio Person
Ozualdo Candeias
Written byOzualdo Candeias
José Mojica Marins
Rubens Francisco Luchetti
Luís Sérgio Person
Produced byRenato Grechi
Antonio Polo Galante
CinematographyGiorgio Attili
Oswaldo de Oliveira
Peter Overbeck
Edited bySylvio Reinoldi
Music byDamiano Cozzella
Rogério Duprat
Production
companies
P.N.F
Produções Galasy
Companhia Cinematográfica Franco-Brasileira
Distributed byProduções Cinematográficas Zé do Caixão
Release date
  • 22 April 1968 (1968-04-22)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Trilogy of Terror (Portuguese: Trilogia de Terror) is a 1968 Brazilian anthology horror film directed by José Mojica Marins, Luís Sérgio Person and Ozualdo Candeias. The film consists of theee stories adapted from the TV series Além, Muito Além do Além (Beyond, Much Beyond the Beyond): O Acordo (The Agreement), A Procissão dos Mortos (Procession of Dead), and Pesadelo Macabro (Macabre Nightmare).[1][2]

Plot

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The Agreement (O Acordo)

A mother becomes involved with black magic and offers a virgin woman to the devil in exchange for curing the illness of her only son. (40 minutes)

Cast: Lucy Rangel, Regina Célia, Durvalino de Souza, Luis Humberto, Alex Ronay, Henrique Borgens, Ugarte, Nádia Tell, Éddio Smani, Eucaris de Morais.[1]

Procession of Dead (A Procissão dos Mortos)

A poor laborer is the only man in one village with courage to face a group of guerrilheiros ("guerrilla ghosts") that haunt the minds of the local villagers. (28 minutes)

Cast: Lima Duarte, Cassilda Lanuza, Waldir Guedes, Carlos Alberto Romano, Roberto Ferreira (Zé Coió), Lenoir Bittencourt, Pontes Santos, Wilson Júnior, Francisco Ribeiro.[1]

Macabre Nightmare (Pesadelo Macabro)

A young man named Claudio (Mário Lima) is afflicted by fear of reptiles and spiders and the fear of being buried alive. When he undergoes a shocking event, he becomes unresponsive and is mistakenly buried, only to revive in the coffin after burial. His screams of terror from underground go unheard by the villagers (31 minutes)

Cast: Mário Lima, Vany Miller, Nelson Gasparini, Ingrid Holt, Walter C. Portella, Kátia Dumont, Francis Mary, Milene Drumont, Sebastião Grandin, Paula Ramos. [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Trilogia de Terror" (in Portuguese). Official site of Zé do Caixão. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  2. ^ "Trilogia de Terror". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
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