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.
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul is a 1964 Brazilian horror film directed and co-written by José Mojica Marins. Marins stars as Zé do Caixão, an undertaker who believes that he can achieve immortality by having a son, a concept he refers to as "the continuation of blood". The film marks the first appearance of the Coffin Joe character in media.