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Santa Sangre

  • 7.5 /10

  • 478

  • 88%

Plot

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.

Cast

Axel Jodorowsky as Fenix
Axel Jodorowsky

as Fenix

Blanca Guerra as Concha
Blanca Guerra

as Concha

Guy Stockwell as Orgo
Guy Stockwell

as Orgo

Thelma Tixou as The Tattooed Woman
Thelma Tixou

as The Tattooed Woman

Adan Jodorowsky as Young Fenix
Adan Jodorowsky

as Young Fenix

Faviola Elenka Tapia as Young Alma
Faviola Elenka Tapia

as Young Alma

Teo Jodorowsky as Pimp
Jesús Juárez as Aladin
Jesús Juárez

as Aladin

Movie Facts

Rated

  • NC-17

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • November 24, 1989

Production Companies

  • Productora Fílmica Real

  • Produzioni Intersound

Production Countries

  • Italy

  • Mexico

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Español

Budget

  • $787,000.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 2.03 hrs

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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 b…