Film1989123 min

Santa Sangre

Name: Santa Sangre
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Released: 1989
Duration: 123 min
Cast: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou, Sabrina Dennison

Taste attributes: dramahorrormysteryanimalsthrillerfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealgrittyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen."

Boxlist takeAn original, weighty horror film: emotional and heightened. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: surreal · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.2 /10

TMDB · 253 votes

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What lines up

Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Linearity: Surreal / non-linear, where this profile leans linear / logical

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Synopsis

A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers. Back in the present, he escapes and rejoins his surviving and armless mother.

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