At Midnight

At Midnight I Shall Take Your Soul (Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma) is reportedly the very first horror movie that was made in Brazil.

Valeria Vasquez stars as the victim of an insidious man who captures her with chloroform in a lengthy scene.

The guy is an undertaker known as Coffin Joe, and he's played by the film's writer/director, José Mojica Marins.

When Valeria wakes up, she finds that's she's lying on a bed, bound and gagged, and Coffin Joe has placed a tarantula on her bound body.

Valeria's gag is an interesting one.

Unfortunately, the spider bite is fatal. I guess that's why they call him Coffin Joe.

Valeria is barefoot in this whole scene.