Directed by: José Mojica Marins
Country: Brazil, 1969
Black and White and Color / 1.85:1 Letterbox
Language: Portuguese audio with optional English subtitles
Running Time: 93 minutes
Other titles: O despertar da besta
Region: All (PAL)

Note: This UK release DVD from 2002 is out of print.

José Mojica Marins is one of the world's most outrageous movie makers. And this is undoubtedly his wildest film.

In this controversial masterpiece, a group of swingers take LSD and enter the strange, nightmarish world of the black-garbed, claw-handed entity known as Coffin Joe.

The film was banned in Brazil for twenty years and has lost none of its power to shock and outrage. Only the very strongest of stomachs should dare to sample Awakening of the Beast. This film is guaranteed to give you nightmares...

Special Features:

• The Nightmares of Coffin Joe - Mondo Macabro TV Documentary (24 mins)
• Juan L. Moctezuma - Biography (text)
• Juan L. Moctezuma - Filmography (text)

Cast:

José Mojica Marins Sergio Hingst, Ozualdo Candeias, Andréia Bryan, Lurdes Ribas, Mario Lima, Roney Wanderney, Helena Nogueira, Emilia Duarte, Graveto, José Carlos, Jaciara Ducena, Rosemeire Thiago, Palito, Luiz Renato, Paulo Morandy, Ronaldo Beibe, Stela Maris, Maria Cristina, Claudio Marques, Dante Mina, Jandira Gabriel, Marcio Marcel, Angelo Assunçao, M. Magistral, Annik Malvil, Itala Nandi.