At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul(1964)
1964 · José Mojica Marins · 83 min
Zé do Caixão is an undertaker in a small Brazilian town, searching for the perfect woman to bear him a superior child. Unable to conceive with his wife, he kills her and sets out to find someone else.
Horror · Thriller · Fantasy
6.8124 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul scares
Watching it feels like being trapped in someone else's twisted moral universe, with a sense of dread that comes from the villain's calm cruelty rather than any monster or ghost. The pace is slow and theatrical, built around long stretches of unease and one man's unsettling confidence rather than shocks or jolts. Its horror is more about watching a cold, arrogant figure defy fate and decency than about gore or chases, though the final stretch leans into eerie, otherworldly imagery. It's a strange, moody piece of horror history that's more unsettling in tone than terrifying in the moment, best for viewers curious about early cult horror rather than looking for thrills.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 55 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, unsettling character study that steadily tightens its grip until a dark, feverish final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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