After serving a 40 year prison term, Coffin Joe is finally released. Back on the streets, the sadistic undertaker is set upon fulfilling the goal which sent him to jail in the first place: find a woman who can give him the perfect child. During his search throughout the city of Sao Paulo he leaves behind a trail of horror, coming up against supernatural laws and folk superstitions. Embodiment of Evil is the third film of the Coffin Joe trilogy which began with the classic At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964) and This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967).
After serving a 40 year prison term Coffin Joe is finally released. Back on the streets the sadistic undertaker is set upon fulfilling the goal which sent him to jail in the first place: find a woman who can give him the perfect child. During his search throughout the city of Sao Paulo he leaves behind a trail of horror coming up against supernatural laws and folk superstitions. Embodiment of Evil is the third film of the Coffin Joe trilogy which began with the classic At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964) and This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967).
