O Ritual dos Sádicos (Awakening of the Beast)

O Ritual dos Sádicos (Awakening of the Beast) (1969)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (661 ratings)

Brazilian horror icon Jose Mojica Marins explores the drug culture as only he can in this distinctive blend of terror and surrealistic images. A group of leading Brazilian psychiatrists have come together to debate the effects of recreational drugs (particularly LSD, marijuana, and cocaine) on their… More

NC-17,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Horror, Art House & International
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1970 Wide
On DVD
Jul 28, 2009

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  • Cindy I


    I'm tempted to rate this a five just for the sheer perversity of it all. But as much fun as it is to make sport of, it's a really bad movie. One of Coffin Joe's (Brazil's answer to Ed Wood, director Jose Mojica Marins) messterpieces, this one is supposedly a… More

  • Tsubaki S


    Maybe i need to rewatch this.

  • Christopher B


    Interesting and odd entry in the Coffin Joe series. Takes a while to realize that it is actually a Coffin Joe flick, but that Marins craziness is there from the start. Plays out like a stoner's version of an anti-drug film shown throught the eyes of Coffin Joe. Good stuff.

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