Santa Sangre (1989)

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123 min - Drama | Horror | Mystery - 27 June 1990 (USA)

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Reviews: 78 user | 79 critic

A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Axel Jodorowsky	...	Fenix
	Blanca Guerra	...	Concha
	Guy Stockwell	...	Orgo
	Thelma Tixou	...	The Tattooed Woman
	Sabrina Dennison	...	Alma
	Adan Jodorowsky	...	Young Fenix
	Faviola Elenka Tapia	...	Young Alma
	Teo Jodorowsky	...	Pimp
	María de Jesús Aranzabal	...	Fat Prostitute (as Ma. De Jesus Aranzabal)
	Jesús Juárez	...	Aladin
	Sergio Bustamante	...	Monsignor
	Gloria Contreras	...	Rubi
	S. Rodriguez	...	The Saint
	Zonia Rangel Mora	...	Trini
	Joaquín García Vargas	...	Box-office Attendant (as Borolas)

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Storyline

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: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the heretical church of Santa Sangre ("Holy Blood"), and then commit suicide. Back in the present, he escapes and rejoins his surviving and armless mother. Against his will, he "becomes her arms" and the two undertake a grisly campaign of murder and revenge. Written by Marty Cassady <martyc@vt.edu>

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Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen

Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated NC-17 for several scenes of extremely explicit violence (uncut video version) See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

Mexico | Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 June 1990 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Holy Blood See more »

Filming Locations:

Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$787,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Produzioni Intersound, Productora Fílmica Real See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min | 120 min (cut version)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

Alejandro Jodorowsky's sons Adan Jodorowsky & Axel Jodorowsky both play the part of Fenix at different ages. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When the elephant is dying, all the close-ups of its trunk bleeding show the trunk to be clean. All the long shots of the elephant show it's trunk covered in blood. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
[Fenix crouches naked atop a tree trunk in his barren asylum room]
Doctor: [enters along with orderlies pushing a food cart] Fenix. Please...
[offers him a normal meal]
Doctor: Eat like a human being.
[pause]
Doctor: [puts the tray back down and offers him a raw fish]
Fenix: [howls]
[jumps down and grabs the fish]
Fenix: Grr!
[...]
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Connections

References The Unknown (1927) See more »

Soundtracks

"No volvere"
Composed by Esperón and Cortázar See more »

Santa Sangre (1989)
Santa sangre (original title)

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