tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post4636416315766169694..comments2024-01-25T05:48:13.938-06:00Comments on Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies: Embodiment of Evil (2008): or, Dear God, Joe, What Have You Done?The Vicar of VHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-81529554161324779522009-05-04T11:02:00.000-05:002009-05-04T11:02:00.000-05:00NO! What are you doing?! This is the sickest, most...NO! What are you doing?! This is the sickest, most disgusting movie of all time, and I have seen OVERFIEND! And this Coffin Joe gorefest gave me nightmares! I'll never look at melted cheese or car batteries the same way again!<br /><br />I saw it at a film festival in Korea and it made women run away SCREAMING! I also heard someone puke. <br />Save yourselves! DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE! Stick it in the corner with Manos: Hand of Fate and burn it!Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-65305704934083609012009-03-09T14:22:00.000-05:002009-03-09T14:22:00.000-05:00@Maciste Bros.--I'm so jealous! I would *love* to ...@Maciste Bros.--I'm so jealous! I would *love* to meet Mojica. And the idea of someone programming <I>The Maltese Falcon</I> (also a fave of mine--Humphrey Bogart has to be the coolest man ever to walk the earth) and following it with a Coffin Joe flick is so awesome, I might just explode with joy at the thought of it! BTW--Mojica as "Dark Santa" FTW. :)<BR/><BR/>I've heard of Frank'n'Stein before, but never been--it *does* still exist, yes? If so, should I ever find myself in Boston again, let's meet for franks and geekery!<BR/><BR/>As to how the film fell into my clutches, see above. ;)The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-35172146499845477762009-03-09T13:59:00.000-05:002009-03-09T13:59:00.000-05:00I ran into Marins at one of the first, if not the ...I ran into Marins at one of the first, if not the first, CHILLER conventions in the early '90's. One of his entourage got to chatting with me and I informed her how I had been unsuspecting witness to one of the Coffin Joe films when I was but a wee bairn in the '70's while eating at a place called Frank'n'Stein in Boston. This joint was awesome -- a double feature projected on 16mm while patrons chomped down hot dogs and siphoned fine ale! When my family got there, I think The Maltese Falcon had just ended and the Coffin Joe flick came on -- needless to say, I stayed with my mom for the entire film while my dad took my horrified sisters around town -- this might have been Cambridge -- can't remember. So I told CJ's entourage ladyfriend this and she quickly whisked me over to the Mordant Master himself and relayed this story to him. Turns out that they had been in dealings with a "distributor" from Boston in the mid-70's who made off with some prints and was never to be heard from again (I think this is what she told me, but I would love to double check with someone). In any case, it pays to be a blabbermouth to friends of scary strangers! I was in awe of Marins in person -- he was like a dark Santa -- I wanted to sit on his lap and make a wish for Candlemass before getting my eyes ripped from my skull and my soul thrown into a pit of exquisite torment for an eternity.<BR/><BR/>Great post, BTW - how did you come to see this film???The Flying Maciste Brothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342766561263208927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-44350455260531648712009-03-07T18:02:00.000-06:002009-03-07T18:02:00.000-06:00Gary--there are some screeners floating around, an...Gary--there are some screeners floating around, and I am not a man without connections. ;) Thanks for stopping by!The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-5721051194214395512009-03-07T11:58:00.000-06:002009-03-07T11:58:00.000-06:00How is it you were so able to view said movie that...How is it you were so able to view said movie that we all have been awaiting with eager anticipation?Gary D Macabrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137015728087694613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-36326726979664930442009-03-06T07:57:00.000-06:002009-03-06T07:57:00.000-06:00@Rachel--thanks for commenting! Don't get me wrong...@Rachel--thanks for commenting! <BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong--<I>Embodiment of Evil</I> is very fantastical and not at all a "slice of life" (one hopes, anyway); but the imagery and ideas are powerful and hard to shake, esp. if you've seen some of Mojica's earlier Coffin Joe flicks. <BR/><BR/>If you see it, let me know what you think! And thanks for the linkage! :)The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-31616088734907888272009-03-06T00:20:00.000-06:002009-03-06T00:20:00.000-06:00OMG - I would rather not run into this guy in real...OMG - I would rather not run into this guy in real life. I will have to challenge myself to see this one - it sounds the kind of scary that you can't dismiss as just a movie - it sounds like it seeps right through into real life...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-39839316573353120112009-03-05T08:11:00.000-06:002009-03-05T08:11:00.000-06:00@Duke--I'm so glad the two of us got to watch this...@Duke--I'm so glad the two of us got to watch this one, having been Mojica fans for so long. The lesson here is: watch it with someone you love. :)<BR/><BR/>@Samuel Wilson--This one really is a culmination of what Mojica did before with the Coffin Joe character--it escalates through each movie, reaching an apex here. If you haven't seen <A HREF="http://mmmmmovies.blogspot.com/2007/09/at-midnight-ill-take-your-soul-1963-or.html" REL="nofollow"><I>At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul</I></A>, you should go back and check it out. I think it works better as a prequel to <I>This Night</I> than chronologically, but that may just be b/c that's the order I originally watched them in. :)<BR/><BR/>@Nate Y.--according to <A HREF="http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/30478/embodiment-evil-acquired-uk-distro" REL="nofollow">this article on Dread Central</A>, Anchor Bay UK has picked up EoE for distribution; we can only hope the US wing of the company follows suit.The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-67501992395305369202009-03-04T20:20:00.000-06:002009-03-04T20:20:00.000-06:00I'm ready. Bring it on.(Er, how is this to be brou...I'm ready. Bring it on.<BR/><BR/>(Er, how is this to be brought-en, anyway? Is it out on Region 1 in the States now?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954838068836802591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-42798425885688167862009-03-04T10:37:00.000-06:002009-03-04T10:37:00.000-06:00The fact that Marins got to make this film is a tr...The fact that Marins got to make this film is a triumph not just for him but for the global fan culture that has emerged since the advent of VHS (so kudos to you, Vicar)to give the man enough of an international audience to justify the venture. Having seen This Night and Awakenings of the Beast, I'm definitely ready for this one.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-25021502956120549812009-03-04T10:32:00.000-06:002009-03-04T10:32:00.000-06:00Ahh Vicar, I was scared when you said you were goi...Ahh Vicar, I was scared when you said you were going to give this one the holy treatment. Scared for you, that is, for to even attempt to write about the scenes in this movie is to dance on the razor-thin edge of the abyss. How can one possibly recount the horrors this film visits upon one's self without further defilement?<BR/><BR/>You have done it, though, sir, and with a rating that is beyond perfection. Movie of the Aeon this is, no doubt. Coffin Joe has not only managed to beat all other horror directors at their own game, he has also managed to corrupt the previously-thought uncorrupable: Me. I felt like I needed a shower after watching this. (Note to those new to MMMMMovies: I watch movies about nuns having sexual relations with Satan.)<BR/><BR/>Dearest readers, if you watch no other movie this year, watch this one.The Duke of DVDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931606833969681610noreply@blogger.com