
Birthday:
01-29-1930
Deathday:
04-04-2024 (94 years)
Birthplace:
Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, São Paulo, Brazil
Biography
Rubens Francisco Lucchetti (born 29 January 1930, in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro), better known as R. F. Lucchetti, is a Brazilian fiction writer, illustrator, writer and screenwriter for films, comic books and photocomics. Luchetti wrote more than 30 books under his name and over 1500 crime and terror fiction works under several pseudonyms. He also wrote screenplays for films directed by José Mojica Marins and Ivan Cardoso.
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R.F. Lucchetti: O Cronista do Além
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event2023
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The greatest writer of fantastic literature, horror and suspense in the world is Brazilian and he is alive! At 93 years old, Rubens Francisco Lucchetti has many stories to tell. And that's what he does on this DVD, the first of his career, in an exclusive and relaxed interview, where he goes over his long career. Author of nearly 1700 books (mostly horror and thrillers), many using various pseudonyms, he could have been in the Guinness Book of World Records, but he was never interested in it. He preferred to write non-stop. He was also one of the greatest writers of Brazilian comics, having written 300 scripts for horror comics illustrated by legendary artists such as Rodolfo Zalla, Eugenio Colonnese, Nico Rosso and Edmundo Rodrigues, among others. He partnered with filmmakers José Mojica Marins (Coffin Joe) and Ivan Cardoso, having written 25 films for them, all classics of national cinema.
A Última Praga de Mojica
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event2021
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The short film reports the process of rescuing and finishing A Praga, by José Mojica Marins, o Zé do Caixão. Produced in 1980, the film was never completed and was lost.
The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe
event1974 star_border 5.1
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Filmmaker José Mojica Marins travels to spend Christmas with friends in a small farm, where they spend leisure time while Mojica writes the story for his next film. However, he observes eerie things in the house, with his friends being possessed one by one by some supernatural evil force.
R. F. Lucchetti, a Multiplicidade da Linguagem
Act like Himself
event2016
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Everything that is said about Rubens Francisco Lucchetti will still be little. Lucchetti is one of the most forgotten cultural personalities in our history. Newspaper, magazine, comic book, cinema, television, radio and now the internet. The man who wrote over fifteen hundred books. There is not a single medium of communication in which he has not shone. And what happens? Almost nobody knows who he is and what he did or represents for our Culture. This short film captures the mythical writer in flagrante delicto of his intimacy, in his daily life, bringing him closer to his readers. His house is an invitation to the universe of letters and images.
Coffin Joe: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins
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event2001 star_border 6.3
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The first documentary on José Mojica Marins's (the legendary Zé do Caixão or Coffin Joe) life and work. The film tells Mojica's history, from his poor childhood in Vila Anastácio, São Paulo (Brazil), until his success abroad in the '90s.
A Macabra Biblioteca do Dr. Lucchetti
Act like Ele mesmo
event2017
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Documentary about the Brazilian writer Rubens Francisco Luchetti, the pope of the pulp.
Ivan, the TerrirBle
Act like Self
event2020 star_border 1
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Ivan Cardoso is the inventor of the terrir, a subgenre that mixes comedy, Brazilian chanchadas and classic American horror. This film promotes a rescue of his work by mixing archival material, animations and fictional reconstructions.
The Woman Who Makes Doves Fly
event1978
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Scientist Adelaide hates men, specially the cheating ones. Researching for revenge methods against them, she estabilishes contact with creatures from outer space, gaining special powers.
A Werewolf in the Amazon
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event2005 star_border 4.3
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In search of a powerful hallucinogenic, five friends embark on a dangerous journey deep into the Amazon. But a bad trip isn't the only threat as they discover when they stumble across the hidden camp of the crazed Dr. Moreau and his murderous animal-human hybrid creations.
A Testemunha
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event2022 star_border 10
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A remake of one of the episodes written by R. F. Lucchetti for the TV Bandeirantes series "Além, Muito Além do Além" (1968). At the time, this series was presented by Zé do Caixão and in this remake he is presented by his daughter, Liz Marins, with her character Liz Vamp.
Hellish Flesh
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event1977 star_border 4.5
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Dr. George Medeiros, a brilliant scientist, is badly disfigured when his wife takes a lover and plans to murder him. After months in the hospital, he returns with nothing in mind but revenge.
World Market of Sex
Writer
event1979
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On Christmas Eve, Mauro, a reporter, has 24 hours to find a headline.
When the Gods Fall Asleep
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event1972 star_border 4.3
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Finis Hominis sets out to right wrongs, expose corruption and end the social unrest that he sees in the world.
Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
Writer
event1990 star_border 5
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A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard.
The Curse
Screenplay
event2021
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While out for a walk in the countryside, Marina and Juvenal stop to take some pictures in front of an old woman’s house. Annoyed, the old woman turns out to be a witch and casts a curse on the young couple in the form of a wound that feeds on raw flesh.
Sex and Blood on Treasure Trail
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event1972 star_border 4
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An american explorer organizes an expedition to the Amazon Rainforest in search of a lost treasure.
The Strange World of Coffin Joe
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event1968 star_border 5.8
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Zé do Caixão hosts this anthology of three short horror stories which feature a strange dollmaker, a necrophiliac balloon seller with a foot fetish, and a psychotic professor involved in sadistic rituals.
The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
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event1976 star_border 4.4
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An eclectic group of strangers seek shelter on a dark and stormy night, soon finding an isolated guest house owned by a mysterious proprietor.
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind
Screenplay
event1978 star_border 5.4
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A psychiatric doctor driven to insanity by nightmare visions of Zé do Caixão trying to steal his wife is helped by colleagues who enlist creator José Mojica Marins to convince the patient that he does not exist.
The End of Man
Screenplay
event1971 star_border 6.3
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A naked stranger emerges from the sea to perform miracles in a nearby town and become a modern messiah whose deeds will affect the whole world.
The Awakening of the Beast
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event1970 star_border 5.5
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A psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine 60's drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity.
The Seven Vampires
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event1986 star_border 5
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A clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious, vampiresque deaths happening at a nightclub show.
The Scarlet Scorpion
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event1990 star_border 5.5
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Anjo, a millionaire playboy who moonlights as a crime fighter, leaps into action when his arch-nemesis, the Scarlet Scorpion, kidnaps a beautiful fashion designer.
The Secret of the Mummy
Screenplay
event1982 star_border 4.5
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A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.
As Noites Diabólicas de Paula Clossidy
Writer
event2017
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A doctor is invited to dinner at the home of her favorite writer, Paula Clossidy, however, the author turns out to be stranger than the stories she publishes. Based on a short story by R. F. Lucchetti.
Trilogy of Terror
Writer
event1968 star_border 6
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An anthology divided in three segments, helmed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century. A mother becomes involved with black magic and offers a virgin woman to the Devil in exchange for curing the illness of her only son. A poor laborer is the only man in the village with courage to face a group of guerrilheiros ("guerrilla ghosts") that haunt the minds of the locals. A young man is afflicted by fear of reptiles and spiders and the fear of being buried alive. When he undergoes a shocking event, he becomes unresponsive and is mistakenly buried, only to revive in the coffin after burial.
Beyond, Far Beyond the Beyond
Writer (35 ep.)
event1967
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First Brazilian TV Horror Show hosted by Coffin Joe. Directed by José Mojica Marins and written by Mojica and Rúbens Francisco Lucchetti, this TV show was produced by TV Bandeirantes (1967-68), using a realistic tone and a popular appeal. Despite the negative reviews this TV show has a great audience, reaching first place often.
Strange World of Coffin Joe: TV Serie
Writer (20 ep.)
event1968
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Second Brazilian TV show hosted by Coffin Joe. Produced by TV Tupi and directed by Antônio Abujamra, this TV show has a better production quality than the "Além, Muito além do Além" (1967-68) and a more dreamlike and surreal tone, but unfortunately not the same audience, which expect something more realist like the previous TV show. A lot of stories from this TV show was used later on the Coffin Joe's Horror Comic Books.
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