
Rubens Francisco Lucchetti
Writing
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.
Known For
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.
Beyond, Far Beyond the Beyond

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.
Strange World of Coffin Joe: TV Serie

An eclectic group of strangers seek shelter on a dark and stormy night, soon finding an isolated guest house owned by a mysterious proprietor.
The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures

A psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine '60s drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity.
The Awakening of the Beast

Coffin Joe 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 World of Coffin Joe

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.
The Secret of the Mummy

Vonetta, Helen, and Clayton are back! Inspired by the work of Rubens Francisco Lucchetti, master of Brazilian comics and pulp fiction, these shadowy anti-heroes will have to face new challenges and even the devil himself.
O Retorno da Macabra Biblioteca do Dr. Lucchetti

A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard.
Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots

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.
Trilogy of Terror

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.
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind

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.
The Curse

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.
The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe

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 Scarlet Scorpion

A clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious, vampiresque deaths happening at a nightclub show.
The Seven Vampires

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 End of Man

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 Werewolf in the Amazon

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.
Coffin Joe: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins

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.
Hellish Flesh

Finis Hominis sets out to right wrongs, expose corruption and end the social unrest that he sees in the world.
When the Gods Fall Asleep

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.