Santa Sangre, the Glossary
Santa Sangre (italic) is a 1989 avant-garde surrealistic psychological horror film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky and written by Jodorowsky along with Claudio Argento and Roberto Leoni.[1]
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65 relations: Adán Jodorowsky, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Avant-garde, Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Blu-ray, British Board of Film Classification, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Childhood trauma, Circus, Claudio Argento, Cocaine, Cult film, Deaf-mute, Dissociative identity disorder, Down syndrome, Dune (novel), DVD, Elephant meat, Empire (magazine), Film adaptation, Film4, Frank Herbert, Gloria Contreras Roeniger, Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández, Guy Stockwell, Hypnosis, IMDb, List of NC-17 rated films, Lunatic asylum, Mental disorder, Monsignor, Motion Picture Association, Motion Picture Association film rating system, Psychological horror, Roberto Leoni, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Sacrilege, Saturn Award for Best Actor, Saturn Award for Best Actress, Saturn Award for Best Director, Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, Saturn Award for Best Music, Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor, Saturn Awards, Sergio Bustamante, ... Expand index (15 more) »
- Films about sideshow performers
- Films directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Films scored by Simon Boswell
- Italian nonlinear narrative films
- Mexican avant-garde and experimental films
- Mexican horror thriller films
- Mexican independent films
Adán Jodorowsky
Adán Jodorowsky or Adanowsky (born 29 October 1979) is a French-Mexican musician, director and actor.
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Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean and French avant-garde filmmaker.
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
The revived Anchor Bay Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company owned by Umbrelic Entertainment co-founders Thomas Zambeck and Brian Katz.
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Avant-garde
In the arts and in literature, the term avant-garde (from French meaning advance guard and vanguard) identifies an experimental genre, or work of art, and the artist who created it; which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable to the artistic establishment of the time.
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Axel Jodorowsky
Axel Cristóbal Jodorowsky (24 July 1965 – 15 September 2022), also known as Cristóbal Jodorowsky, was a Mexican-French actor, writer, painter, playwright, trainer, and tarologist.
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Blanca Guerra
Blanca Guerra Islas (born January 10, 1953) is a Mexican actress.
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Blu-ray
Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format.
British Board of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom.
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Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), previously named Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (Festival international du film fantastique de Bruxelles, Internationaal Festival van de Fantastische Film van Brussel) was created in 1983 as a venue for horror, thriller and science fiction films.
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Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (Festival international du film), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world.
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Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall.
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Childhood trauma
Childhood trauma is often described as serious adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
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Circus
A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclists as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists.
Claudio Argento
Claudio Argento (born 15 September 1943) is an Italian film producer and screenwriter.
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Cocaine
Cocaine (from, from, ultimately from Quechua: kúka) is a tropane alkaloid that acts as a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant.
Cult film
A cult film or cult movie, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following.
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Deaf-mute
Deaf-mute is a term which was used historically to identify a person who was either deaf and used sign language or both deaf and could not speak.
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Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder, is one of multiple dissociative disorders in the DSM-5, DSM-5-TR, ICD-10, ICD-11, and Merck Manual.
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Down syndrome
Down syndrome (United States) or Down's syndrome (United Kingdom and other English-speaking nations), also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21.
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Dune (novel)
Dune is a 1965 science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials (1963–64 novel Dune World and 1965 novel Prophet of Dune) in Analog magazine.
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DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
Elephant meat
Elephant meat is the flesh and other edible parts of elephants.
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Empire (magazine)
Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Media Group.
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Film adaptation
A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film.
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Film4
Film4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned by Channel Four Television Corporation launched on 1 November 1998, devoted to broadcasting films.
Frank Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920February 11, 1986) was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel ''Dune'' and its five sequels.
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Gloria Contreras Roeniger
María Gloria Contreras Roeniger, better known as Gloria Contreras (November 15, 1934 – November 25, 2015) was a Mexican dancer and choreographer.
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Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández
Gregorio "Goyo" Cárdenas Hernández (Mexico City, 1915 – Los Angeles, 2 August 1999), also known as The Tacuba Strangler (estrangulador de Tacuba), was a Mexican serial killer.
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Guy Stockwell
Harry Guy Stockwell (November 16, 1933 – February 6, 2002) was an American actor who appeared in nearly 30 movies and 250 television series episodes.
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Hypnosis
Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.
IMDb
IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.
List of NC-17 rated films
NC-17 (No One 17 and Under Admitted) is the highest rating in the Motion Picture Association (MPA) film rating system used for films distributed in the United States. Santa Sangre and List of NC-17 rated films are rating controversies in film.
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Lunatic asylum
The lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined.
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Mental disorder
A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.
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Monsignor
Monsignor (monsignore) is a form of address or title for certain members of the clergy in the Catholic Church.
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Motion Picture Association
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix.
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Motion Picture Association film rating system
The Motion Picture Association film rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a motion picture's suitability for certain audiences based on its content.
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Psychological horror
Psychological horror is a subgenre of horror and psychological fiction with a particular focus on mental, emotional, and psychological states to frighten, disturb, or unsettle its audience.
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Roberto Leoni
Roberto Leoni (16 November 1940 – 5 March 2024) was an Italian screenwriter and film director best known for such films as Santa Sangre (on Empire magazine's 2008 list of the); The Master Touch; Street People; Casablanca Express; California; and My Dear Killer.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.
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Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.
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Sacrilege
Sacrilege is the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object, site or person.
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Saturn Award for Best Actor
The Saturn Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films to honor performances in the genre across film, television, and video.
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Saturn Award for Best Actress
The Saturn Award for Best Actress is one of the annual Saturn Awards given by the American professional organization, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
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Saturn Award for Best Director
The Saturn Award for Best Director (or Saturn Award for Best Direction) is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
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Saturn Award for Best Horror Film
The Saturn Awards for Best Horror Film is an award presented to the best film in the horror genre by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
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Saturn Award for Best Music
The Saturn Award for Best Music is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
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Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
The Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor is one of the annual awards given by the American professional organization the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
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Saturn Awards
The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
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Sergio Bustamante
Sergio Bustamante (October 18, 1934 – May 22, 2014) was a Mexican actor of telenovelas, cinema, dubbing and theater.
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Severin Films
Severin Films is an American independent film production and distribution company known for restoring and releasing cult films on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Simon Boswell
Simon Boswell (born 15 October 1956) is a BAFTA-nominated British film score composer, conductor, producer and musician, with more than 100 credits to his name.
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Sitges Film Festival
The Sitges Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya) and also translated as Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia and originally the International Week of Fantasy and Horror Movies, is an annual film festival held in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain.
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Sulfuric acid
Sulfuric acid (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphuric acid (Commonwealth spelling), known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, with the molecular formula.
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Surrealism
Surrealism is an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas.
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The Holy Mountain (1973 film)
The Holy Mountain (La montaña sagrada) is a 1973 Mexican surreal film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film. Santa Sangre and the Holy Mountain (1973 film) are films directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mexican LGBT-related films, Mexican avant-garde and experimental films and Mexican independent films.
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Thelma Tixou
Thelma Delia Suklenik Snopik, better known by her stage name Thelma Tixou (May 4, 1944 – January 15, 2019), was a Mexican vedette and actress of Argentine origin.
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Tusk (1980 film)
Tusk (French title: Poo Lorn L'Elephant) is a 1980 French drama film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky and written by Nicholas Niciphor. Santa Sangre and Tusk (1980 film) are films directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky.
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Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard (meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Weighted arithmetic mean
The weighted arithmetic mean is similar to an ordinary arithmetic mean (the most common type of average), except that instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others.
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Wide release
In the motion picture industry, a wide release (short for nationwide release) is a film playing at the same time at cinemas in most markets across a country.
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YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
17th Saturn Awards
The 17th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 1989 and 1990, were held on June 26, 1991.
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1989 Cannes Film Festival
The 42nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1989.
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See also
Films about sideshow performers
- Carny (1980 film)
- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
- Freaks (1932 film)
- Freakshow (film)
- From a Whisper to a Scream (film)
- Fur (film)
- Master Minds (1949 film)
- Multiple Maniacs
- Nightmare Alley (1947 film)
- Santa Sangre
- She Freak
- The Elephant Man (1982 film)
- The Elephant Man (film)
- The Funhouse
- The Greatest Showman
- The Show (1927 film)
- The Unknown (1927 film)
- Wolf Girl (film)
Films directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Abel Cain
- El Topo
- Endless Poetry
- Fando y Lis
- Les têtes interverties
- Santa Sangre
- The Dance of Reality
- The Holy Mountain (1973 film)
- The Rainbow Thief
- Tusk (1980 film)
Films scored by Simon Boswell
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)
- Alien Love Triangle
- Altar (film)
- American Perfekt
- Bathory (film)
- Burn Cycle
- Churchill: The Hollywood Years
- Cousin Bette (1998 film)
- Dad Savage
- Delirium (1987 film)
- Demons 2
- Desserts (film)
- Dinner with a Vampire
- Doctor Sleep (2002 film)
- Downtime (film)
- Dust Devil (film)
- Free Jimmy
- Graveyard Disturbance
- Hackers (film)
- Hardware (film)
- Incubus (2006 film)
- Jack and Sarah
- Jason and the Argonauts (miniseries)
- Lord of Illusions
- Manhunt (2008 film)
- My Zinc Bed (film)
- Octane (film)
- Perdita Durango
- Phenomena (film)
- Photographing Fairies
- Santa Sangre
- Second Best (film)
- Shallow Grave (1994 film)
- Stage Fright (1987 film)
- The ABCs of Death
- The Debtors
- The Ogre (1989 film)
- The River King
- The Theatre Bizarre
- The War Zone
- This Year's Love (1999 film)
- Until Death (1988 film)
- Women Talking Dirty
Italian nonlinear narrative films
- Beatrice Cenci (1969 film)
- Last Year at Marienbad
- Naples in Veils
- Santa Sangre
- The Braid (film)
- The Conformist (1970 film)
- The Night Porter
- The Things of Life
- The Two Popes
Mexican avant-garde and experimental films
- Caballerango
- El Topo
- El estudiante
- Santa Sangre
- The Ballad of Oppenheimer Park
- The Holy Mountain (1973 film)
Mexican horror thriller films
- Antlers (2021 film)
- Borderland (2007 film)
- Cuidado con lo que deseas
- Disappear Completely
- El vampiro
- History of the Occult
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
- J-ok'el
- Juego de niños
- Knife+Heart
- Museo del horror
- Presencias
- Santa Sangre
- Satánico pandemonium
- Stigmata (film)
- The Darkness (2016 Mexican film)
- The Empire of Dracula
- The Exorcism of God
- The Infernal Rapist
- The Invasion of the Vampires
Mexican independent films
- A la mala
- Amityville 3-D
- Amityville II: The Possession
- Amores perros
- Bandido (2004 film)
- Bergman Island (2021 film)
- Cesar Chavez (film)
- Chac: Dios de la lluvia
- Come Out and Play (film)
- Compadres (film)
- Cronos (film)
- Daniel & Ana
- El Mariachi
- El Topo
- Finding the End of the World
- Grave Robbers (film)
- Instructions Not Included
- La Provisoria
- Lucía, Lucía
- Maquilapolis
- Medeas
- New Order (film)
- Presumed Guilty (film)
- Quiero ser (I want to be...)
- Rotting in the Sun
- Santa Sangre
- Simon of the Desert
- Sin nombre (film)
- Sleep Dealer
- Soba (film)
- The Dead (2014 film)
- The Holy Mountain (1973 film)
- The Other Conquest
- This Is Not a Movie (2010 film)
- Y tu mamá también
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Sangre
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