10 great Brazilian horror films

From Coffin Joe’s blasphemous birth in the 1960s to today’s socially charged nightmares, Brazilian horror has repeatedly repurposed global genre tropes to confront religion, patriarchy, class and power in ways that are vivid, inventive and unmistakably local.

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Apr 23, 2026 - 11:04
10 great Brazilian horror films
From Coffin Joe’s blasphemous birth in the 1960s to today’s socially charged nightmares, Brazilian horror has repeatedly repurposed global genre tropes to confront religion, patriarchy, class and power in ways that are vivid, inventive and unmistakably local.
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