THE ROLE OF THE WOMEN IN THE FILM EMBODIMENT OF EVIL

This text aims to study the role of women within the work of José Mojica Marins as a filmmaker, particularly in the trilogy that involved his main character, Zé do Caixão, or Coffin Joe. To do so, we will discuss his filmography through theoretical contributions on the female figure in the horror genre, and on the cinematographic productions of this director. The work consists of a qualitative analysis and thus involves an introductory and main analysis of the movie Embodiment of Evil. The conclusion points to a context of structural male chauvinism present at the time when Marins started working with movies, which favored explorations of the female body in a violent way.