Santa Sangre (1989) - Hot Blood - Cult Classic Horror Movie [PAL Region 2 DVD Import from France] - Perfect for Film Collectors & International Cinema Lovers

Jodorowsky's films EL TOPO and THE HOLY MOUNTAIN were recommended to me by another reviewer a few months ago. I realised then that one of his movie SANTA SANGRE, was on my list to buy for a very long time, Aside from the perfect rating made by Roger Ebert and the other good critics, the reviews here on Amazon convinced me that this was something special, something out of the ordinary, something worth seeing if you like movies, especially non-commercial movies. To be honest with you, it took me a very long time to understand what was going on in this film, the tone was serious and violent but at the same time it was also funny and sometimes loaded with dark satire, almost complete non sense sometimes, but everything finally came together and once it was over, i was stunned! Wait, what was that ? What is it that we've just seen...was that real? The 2nd time i watched it, i knew this was a cult classic, something unique, something way above your regular horror movie, or B movie or any other movie....Writing a plot summary for this film was way too complicated, almost impossible but here's what i found that made the more sense:It is the story of a young circus performer, his parents and his journey through life and what traumatised him as a kid in that circus. The young man, now older,gets confined in a mental hospital, which is how the movie starts. Through several flashbacks and old circus memories we can see what happened to him and his parents: 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, the young man escapes the mental facility 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 in most part by Marty Cassady for IMDB Movie summary as I just couldn't find the right words for it, sue me!I know this plot summary sounds completely crazy, but the movie is still a Masterpiece. It goes through a whole set of different emotions and bizarre imagery while building an unexpected tension until the very end to finally explode in a spectacular finale which stills gives me goose bumps and figures in my most impressive horror story conclusion acts/scenes. The cinematography, the concept and the music are all amazing and were never tried before. This movie has a lot of ambition on its own, its violent, surreal, bizarre and sexual all at the same time. It is simply outstanding and probably one of the best films I've ever seen in my life. A grower, not for everyone but definitely deserves to be seen. The DVD also has a ton of special features including several interviews with Jodorowsky himself and a few documentaries about him, his work and his beliefsENJOY!!!!