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Santa Sangre (1990)

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Reviews Counted: 19

Fresh: 14

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 6.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: A hallucinatory, dreamlike study of one individual's disturbed psyche; the line between truth and imagination blurs in this surreal universe. Fenix has always lived in the rarefied and strange... A hallucinatory, dreamlike study of one individual's disturbed psyche; the line between truth and imagination blurs in this surreal universe. Fenix has always lived in the rarefied and strange world of the circus, where both his parents work. But when his mother spots his father going off with another woman, a tragic battle results in which Fenix's father is killed, and his mother loses her arms. The boy goes insane, and remains institutionalized... until, many years later, his mother reclaims him, and together they embark on a bloody trail of revenge. And only one person from the past knows the secret of the serial murders. [More]

Starring: Guy Stockwell, Sabrina Dennison, Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra

Starring: Guy Stockwell, Sabrina Dennison, Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Screenwriter: Claudio Argento, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Roberto Leoni
Composer: Simon Boswell

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Mar 28, 1991

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Unforgettable, whether you like it or not.

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
02/26/08
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

One of Jodorowsky's finest films, this art horror movie resonates with all the disturbing power of a clammy nightmare filtered through the hallucinatory lens of 1960s psychedelia.

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02/26/08
Channel 4 Film

The Mel Brooks of vulgar surrealism, Jodorowsky's basic principle is that if you throw 30 outrageous ideas at the audience, 2 or 3 are bound to make an impression.

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02/26/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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It's a weird film.

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02/04/08
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A mishmash of religious and Freudian symbolism amid torrential bloodshed topped with Fellini flourishes.

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03/16/07
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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A film that no adventurous moviegoer can afford to miss.

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08/29/06
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Jodorowsky's is a strange, violent, but ultimately liberating vision.

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06/24/06
Time Out

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07/04/05
Emanuel Levy
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04/30/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Santa Sangre is cobbled together from parts, in the best possible way.

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04/17/04
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

Santa Sangre is as familiarly esoteric as Jodorowsky’s other efforts, but it possesses very pronounced influences.

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02/24/04
Rumsey Taylor
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06/20/03
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

Mr. Jodorowsky offers a very polished game of interpretation. His eccentric film relies on the viewer's willingness to play along.

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05/20/03
Caryn James
New York Times
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[A] wild explosion of movie madness that culls from Freud, Jung, and surrealism to create a bloody circus of the mind.

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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10/24/02
Boo Allen
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

Fascinatingly perverse artsy horror film

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08/26/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

As it stands, it's too pretentious and undisciplined to recommend it to anyone other than hardcore art film fans.

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02/13/01
Mike Bracken
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The result is nonsense of a very extravagant, alienating, private sort.

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01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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The quality that Jodorowsky has above all is passionate sincerity. Apart from his wildly creative style, apart from his images, apart from his story inventions, he has strong moral feelings.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
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