Santa Sangre
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.
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Alejandro Jodorowsky
René Villarreal
Jesús Martín Bello
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_**Life is a colorful psychosexual circus in Mexico City**_ A man ends up in an asylum after a shocking experience as a boy in a traveling circus in Mexico. When he escapes he finds his maimed mother and falls under her negative influence. Guy Stockwell plays the grossly overweight circus owner. Released in 1989-1990, “Santa Sangre” (meaning “Holy Blood”) is a surreal circus fantasy made by cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky, who’s known for “El Topo” (1970) and “The Holy Mountain” (1973). His son, Axel, plays the protagonist here, Fenix. Surreal or not, I love circus/carnival-oriented flicks and this one works well in its bizarre way for the first half, but totally bogs down in the second. The colors are vibrant and there’s a lot of deep symbolism with a Christ figure, a giant snake and so on. The various women are displayed in a creative titillating manner (Thelma Tixou as the tattooed woman, Blanca Guerra as the lithe high wire artist, Sabrina Dennison as the innocent Alma and Gloriella as Rubi) and I suspect this is a key reason why a lot of guys hail the film. Unfortunately, the second half is dreadfully dull. Fenix doesn’t develop as a character in any attention-grabbing way and the story isn’t compelling, unless you find Fenix using his arms to help Mommy interesting. It’s still worth catching if you appreciate eccentric cult flicks that dare to be different, just be prepared for a tedious time in the second hour. The film runs 2 hours, 3 minutes, and was shot in Mexico City. GRADE: C
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The directors of Santa Sangre are Alejandro Jodorowsky, René Villarreal, and Jesús Martín Bello.
The cast of Santa Sangre includes Jacobo Lieberman as Monsignor's Secretary, Blanca Guerra as Concha, Guy Stockwell as Orgo, Axel Jodorowsky as Fenix, Thelma Tixou as The Tattooed Woman, Sabrina Dennison as Alma, Adan Jodorowsky as Young Fenix, Faviola Elenka Tapia as Young Alma, Teo Jodorowsky as Pimp, Jesús Juárez as Aladin, Gloria Contreras as Rubi, Mary Aranza as Fat Prostitute, and more.
The duration of Santa Sangre is 2h 2 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Santa Sangre trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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Santa Sangre was released on 24 Nov 1989.
Santa Sangre is listed under Thriller, Drama, and Horror on Fanbiz.
Santa Sangre has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 5.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "_**Life is a colorful psychosexual circus in Mexico City**_ A man ends up in an asylum after a shocking experience as a boy in a traveling circus in Mexico. When he escapes h..."
