Santa Sangre

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Jay A Like watching a stage act doing horror while on hallucinigens. It was interesting to watch, just very very weird. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/29/24 Full Review Teddy B Alejandro Jodorowsky's magnum opus thrillingly combines ultra-violence, themes of revenge, abusive family, and mental deterioration, and heavy inspiration by silent films ('The Hands of Orlac' especially) in terms of acting and atmosphere. 'Santa Sangre' is a film that seems destined not to work; destined to end up as a forgettable exploitative diatribe, but it does. I don't know how, but it does. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/15/24 Full Review Joe B Trust me, I want to like movies like this, but my goodness it was bad. The first hour is an unbelievably long and dragged out backstory explaining why the protagonist is a sick man. The rest is "almost" watchable... and I'm really struggling to even say that, because I don't want to be cruel to those that seem to enjoy it. Which brings me to the real thing that stays with me after watching this movie, which is: how in the F is it possible that this has an 87 viewer rating? How? Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/04/24 Full Review Mauricio R Una brillante ejecución narrativa por parte de Alejandro Jodorowsky en lo que muchos refieren esta cinta como la más accesible. Llena de simbolismos y elementos que son evocadores y, en gran medida, desconcertantes, Jodorowsky encuentra la manera de que el espectador se asombre con este surrealismo mágico que sólo México conoce. Por momentos recae en algo onírico y con interpretaciones viscerales que denotan la estricta dirección de actores que hace mancuerna de un guión sofisticado logrando así que, 35 años más tarde, envejezca de una manera adecuada y también que con la corrección política actual reciba un análisis a la misoginia, la discriminación y el imperialismo moderno. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/24 Full Review Alec B Think of it as a psychedelic "Psycho" that plays out in the landscape of the subconscious. A gloriously surreal ride. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/05/24 Full Review Logan D Traumatized by events in his childhood, the son of two circus performers is now insane. The return of his mother and friends inspire him to return to performing. This film was on my priority list (which I had to make because I doubt I'll be able to view all the films on my watch list before I die). I struggled to get thru the first hour. I found that period to be an over bloated backstory that could've been easily shortened. I'm a big fan of crisp movies. This isn't that. However, the last hour makes up for it by being a grotesque sequence of hypnotic imagery. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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