Santa Sangre (1989)

In the desolate confines of a sanitarium, a nearly catatonic young man, his spirit starved and unresponsive, languishes. When a field trip to the city's pulsating red-light district brings him face-to-face with a ghost from his past, the wheels of memory are set into furious motion. As the vivid flashbacks unfurl, we're taken to the heart of a circus community in Mexico, a swirling, vibrant world that conceals a dark underbelly. Our young man, then a child, is part of an eccentric family of performers, living under the shadow of his father, an American expatriate enshrouded in mystery. His mother, a religious zealot, heads the heretical church of Santa Sangre (Holy Blood), worshipping a martyred girl mutilated by her own father. The past reaches out its bloody hands, revealing a harrowing spectacle. The child bears witness to an unthinkable act of violence, as his father, in a fit of unhinged rage, deprives his mother of her arms before succumbing to his own self-inflicted demise. This traumatic spectacle leaves an indelible scar on the young man, shaping his life in unimaginable ways. In the present, the shock of this unearthed remembrance propels him to escape the sanitarium. His mind teeters on the precipice of reality and illusion, leading him to believe that he has reunited with his armless mother. In a macabre twist of fate, he becomes 'her arms', and together they descend into a chilling spree of bloodshed and revenge. Haunted by his past and driven by a delusional present, the young man is caught in a ghastly dance of murder committed in the name of his mother's strange cult. As the line between sanity and madness blurs, the tragic legacy of Santa Sangre unfurls in all its horrifying glory.

Santa Sangre is a drama movie featuring Axel Jodorowsky and directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

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