Brazil's most well-known horror filmmaker, Jose Mojica Marins has a vast collection of works that include genres such as Westerns and sexually explicit films. He has employed different modes of production, used various technologies, and dealt with profound changes in his circle of collaborators. All this has led to a certain degree of thematic, visual and sound heterogeneity in the films he has directed, making it harder to trace a stylistic signature in his work. Nevertheless, his films clearly have a style of their own. This essay seeks to identify recurring patterns of form and content in Mojica's work, trying to explain them by examining the socio-cultural, technological, economic and political contexts that affect the filmmaker's professional and private life.
brazilian cinema; film genres; style; José Mojica Marins