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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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Reviews for Santa Sangre
The result is nonsense of a very extravagant, alienating, private sort.
As it stands, it's too pretentious and undisciplined to recommend it to anyone other than hardcore art film fans.
Jodorowsky's is a strange, violent, but ultimately liberating vision.
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.
Mr. Jodorowsky offers a very polished game of interpretation. His eccentric film relies on the viewer's willingness to play along.
Santa Sangre is cobbled together from parts, in the best possible way.
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.
A mishmash of religious and Freudian symbolism amid torrential bloodshed topped with Fellini flourishes.
[A] wild explosion of movie madness that culls from Freud, Jung, and surrealism to create a bloody circus of the mind.
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.
Santa Sangre is as familiarly esoteric as Jodorowsky’s other efforts, but it possesses very pronounced influences.
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