Awakening of the Beast. (1970)
Brazilian documentary in which the star of the Coffin Joe films José Mojica Marins, chairs a round table of doctors and psychiatrists in a discussion using case studies on the effects of drugs and their link with sex, repression and desires.
With 40 minutes remaining the film takes a turn for the surreal as it becomes apparent this isn't a docudrama but actually a Coffin Joe film...in colour. As Marins becomes Joe's alter ego Zé do Caixão and conducts his own experiments with LSD on four volunteer drug addicts. The film quickly becomes a halluciogenic study of sexual perversion in the surreal nightmarish world of Coffin Joe.
Definitely a film of two halves. Awakening of the Beast is mesmeric, pervy, disturbing viewing, even now 45 years later. Recommended.
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