Hellish Flesh (Inferno carnal). José Mojica Marins, 1977.
Edition screened: Included in Anchor Bay 5-DVD set The Coffin Joe Collection, released 2009. Portuguese language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 82 minutes.
Summary: Animal experimentation.
Details: Chemicals are dropped on a seemingly dead caterpillar in a laboratory experiment, 15:49-16:13.
This plodding revenge story is dreadful even by ‘Coffin Joe’ standards. With varying degrees of success or entertainment, Marins’ earlier films combined elements that were ghoulish, sexy, exploitive, philosophical, bombastic, campy, and tedious. Marins does include views of a heavily decorated mid-70s upper-middle class Brazilian interior, the only entertainment offered in the film.