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Santa Sangre (1989) — Stream on Prime Video · CriticCrunch

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Santa Sangre

Movie1989·122 min

Santa Sangre

Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky

Horror Drama Thriller

A horror drama film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 5%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.2/10

506 ratings

About 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.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Mind-bending (9 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Stylized
Story Tags: grief and loss, trauma recovery, obsession, supernatural, mexico, urban, parent child, villain protagonist, anti hero, dream surreal, rise and fall, hidden identity, serial killer, slasher, body horror

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Details

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Language: English

Cast

Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell

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How Santa Sangre Ranks

All movies

Top 5%

★1980s movies

Top 5%

Horror movies

Top 6%

1980s Horror movies

Top 6%

Alejandro Jodorowsky films#1 of 6

Alejandro Jodorowsky's highest-rated film — Top 5% of 1980s movies.

the vibe

Santa Sangre Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkharrowingmind-bendingseriouspersonalhaunting

unsettling

stylized

What it's about

dream surrealrise & fallhidden identitygrief & losstrauma recoveryobsessionvillain protagonistanti-heroparent childsupernaturalserial killerslasherbody horrormexicourban

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

mind-bending 9/9complex 9/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy