The Awakening of the Beast (1970)

The Awakening of the Beast (1970). 1h 33m

“During a debate of journalists with the renowned psychiatrist Dr. Sérgio and José Mojica Marins a.k.a. Zé do Caixão, Sr. Sérgio presents several cases of kinky sex and orgy associated to the use of drugs. The journalists defend that the cases are related to perverts and criminals, but Dr. Sérgio blames the influence of drugs for the violence. Then Dr. Sérgio invites four persons from different classes to use LSD and analyze the effect of Zé do Caixãou0026#39;s films in their twisted minds to prove his theory.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;O Ritual dos Sádicosu0026quot; is a weird low-budget movie by José Mojica Marins that begins with disconnected sequences and many perversions, kinky sex and anti-drug apology. Considered cult by fans of hardcore, the film is messy, boring and dated in 2011.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIts greatest merit is that in 1970, the daring and disturbing u0026quot;O Ritual dos Sádicosu0026quot; displeased the military dictatorship and was forbidden by the censorship. Then José Mojica Marins introduced modifications, inclusive the title was changed to u0026quot;O Despertar da Bestau0026quot; but the film was released only in the middle 80u0026#39;s and never exhibited in movie theaters. My vote is six. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTitle (Brazil): u0026quot;O Ritual dos Sádicos / O Despertar da Bestau0026quot; (u0026quot;The Ritual of the Sadistic / The Awakening of the Beastu0026quot;)”