This is one strange film that (surprisingly)never actually bores. Is there a story of importance in this film? I shouldn't know. What was the director trying to accomplish? Beats me. Did it work? Yes, in a certain, bizarre way. I saw this movie recently in a theater nearby.(in a flashback-series) A dozen or so people were in the theater(half of them stayed til the end). When it started out, I expected a Spanish, totally incomprehensible mess. But not only did the actors speak English, the film also succeeded in delivering some of the goods. It seemed the director did his best to put every possible freak(played by Jodorowsky's entire film I think)in the picture. Whatever you can think of, it's there! All of this was so over-the-top that this actually bad film became "good", with some (unintended?)very funny scenes in it. I know, there's a lot of blood and there are some very sadistic scenes in it, but I happen to like films that don't play by the rules(across the edge). Although it's not the best horror film I have ever seen (BRAINDEAD,EL DIA DE LA BESTIA and even BAD TASTE are better, funnier and more clever), but it's certainly something worth seeing. That is: not for the faint of heart. 4/10 OR 8/10?(my vote was 7 but it could have easily been something else)
Review of Santa Sangre
