José Mojica Marins (13 March 1936 – 19 February 2020) was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host.

[3] At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul marks the first appearance of the Coffin Joe character, a role that Marins would reprise in This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967) and Embodiment of Evil (2008), along with a number of other films and television series.

[1][5][8] An amoral undertaker with Nietzschian philosophies and a hatred for organized religion, the character appeared as the primary character in a trilogy (known as the "Coffin Joe Trilogy") revolving around his homicidal quest to find "the perfect woman" so he can achieve metaphorical immortality by having a son.

[1][2][13][14] Although most known for films in the horror genre, Marins also created exploitation, drugsploitation, sexploitation (often in the form of pseudo-documentaries), and Westerns.

Marins is noted for his low-budget film style, often using friends and amateur actors as cast and crew.

[15][16] Mojica was one of several directors of the 2013 anthology horror film The Profane Exhibit, directing the segment "Viral".

The half-hour program featured short horror films, with many of the stories sent in by the viewers themselves and adapted by members of Marins' production team.

[22] In 1996 Marins hosted the daily television program Cine Trash on TV Bandeirantes, which featured full-length horror films.

[25] In 1987 Marins released the semi-autobiographical documentary film Demons and Wonders (Demônios e Maravilhas), in which he appears as himself re-enacting moments from his life, with his family and associates playing themselves as well.