What's up, guys!
Have you heard
of The Black Book of St. Cyprian?
Legend has it that this mythical book
contains a series of occult rituals,
sympathies and powerful spells
that need the participation
of the devil to work.
The Black Book of St. Cyprian
is the nub
of "The Cemetery of Lost Souls"
a bloody Brazilian horror feature film,
very bloody!
Come with me
because "Horrorpedia" is starting.
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HORRORPEDIA
Anyone who is over 30 years old
and used to,
or still frequently goes to newsstands,
must have seen a copy
of "The Black Book of St. Cyprian"
for sale, curious that I always was,
I even bought one of these
when I was adolescent,
that in the last century,
and I vaguely remember some "formulas"
that almost always required
blood donation and animal sacrifice,
there was magic for everything,
to get rich, to bring love back,
to make the dick grow,
there was even magic
to stay invisible, believe me.
Several small publishers
published this occult almanac
claiming to be a faithful copy
of the work of St. Cyprian, all bullshit,
many dubious stories involve the true book
that no one knows where it is,
and it is precisely
on top of these legends
that "The Cemetery of Lost Souls"
is tamped.
If the film were American,
we could say that the cursed object
is a "MacGuffin" of the story,
that is, an important element
not only for narrative,
but also for the characters.
The plot begins by showing precisely
the origin of the book
that was blown by the devil.
After being stolen by a malicious Jesuit,
the book ends up in colonial Brazil.
The story of the film
is told in two stages,
in the second half of the 16th century,
a period in which the Jesuits landed here,
a time portrayed
with a lot of poetic freedom, by the way,
and nowadays.
While the past is in charge
of showing and justifying
the title of the feature,
"The Cemetery of Lost Souls",
the present time accompanies
a beggars' theatre group
called "Mausoleum",
which travels from city to city
presenting a horror show
along the same lines
from "Monga, The Gorilla Woman".
After a series of terrifying events,
the plots of past and present
come together.
"The Cemetery of Lost Souls"
is a fantasy work, a horror fable,
containing iconic fictional monsters,
set in an imaginary Brazil, so to speak,
very similar to ours.
In this supernatural tale
there is also room
for small social criticisms,
for the way the indigenous people
were brutally treated by the colonizers
and the distorted view
that some people have
as a result of religious extremism.
Who wrote and directed the film
was Rodrigo Aragão,
a filmmaker from Espírito Santo
whose career is entirely dedicated
to fantastic cinema,
this is his sixth feature film.
Rodrigo is well known
among horror fans,
has been awarded several times
at international festivals
and is a reference in Brazil
when it comes to practical visual effects,
you want to see head cut
and see the blood flow
or need a monster
full of wounds and pustules,
hungry for human flesh,
call Rodrigo Aragão!
By the way,
speaking of monster,
those who have seen
the filmmaker's previous films
will find here easter eggs,
creatures used
by the mausoleum theater group
have already participated
in other works in Aragão.
Much more than a horror film,
"The Cemetery of Lost Souls"
is a horror epic, it is a feature film
with incredible visual accuracy.
I'm here trying to remember,
but I don't remember seeing something
so bold and sophisticated done
in our country
when it comes to genre cinema.
The budget for the film
was around US$ 373 million
and you can see where the money was spent
because everything here is mega,
the huge sets took months to be built,
the costumes are super neat
and there are many,
many practical visual effects,
the blood runs with will
and everything is very well done.
Just like in the slasher "Skull: The Mask"
that I also commented on in this panel,
the excerpts involving gore,
violence and blood
are not inferior
to any Hollywood production,
much better than several foreign films
released recently.
I also liked the performance
of the cast in general.
I am very annoying with this
because the performance of the actor
is closely linked
with my level of connection,
my level of immersion with the work.
Yes, we have a misplaced performance here,
another one there,
but that did not hinder my experience,
the only thing that really bothered me
was the eril top of the work
that is at odds
with the absurd graphic violence.
There is space for romanticism
in the script and this,
at times,
interferes with the heavy atmosphere.
To tell you the truth,
this is not a "problem" in the film,
this is "my problem", okay?
I like meanness.
"The Cemetery of Lost Souls"
is a pleasant surprise,
a work that will help to expand a lot
of interest in Brazilian horror films,
and when I say this I am not referring
to the public from abroad,
they already consume our productions
with enough enthusiasm,
I'm referring to the native viewer.
"The Cemetery of Lost Souls"
will eradicate once and for all,
with the silly prejudice that exists
in relation to gender cinema
held in our country.
Satan!
Like other films of 2020,
"The Cemetery of Lost Souls"
had its release date hindered
by the pandemic,
the feature's Premiere
will now take place on September 6
at the opening
of the 10th CineFantasy,
one of the most important
fantastic film festivals of our country.
The horror epic will be shown
at the Fine Arts Drive-in in São Paulo.
If you’re not in São Paulo,
you don’t have to cry,
the next day after the Premiere,
on an independence holiday,
from 18h to 23h59
and only from 18h to 23h59
on September 7, 2020,
"The Cemetery of Lost Souls"
will be available at Belas Artes,
I will leave a link in the description
whose monthly subscription
costs only R$ 9,90.
Paying this price you will have access
to the 140 films of the festival
that runs until September 20,
and also all other productions
available in the platform's catalog,
make sure not to miss
this golden opportunity, okay?
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