Santa Sangre
1989 · 122 min · Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
A young man -- starving, nearly catatonic and barely responsive -- is confined in a sanitarium. He is taken on a field trip along with other residents to the city's red-light district. There, he encounters by chance a woman from his past, triggering a series of flashbacks. We see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers, and when he witnessed a murder/suicide: his father -- an American expatriate living in Mexico under suspicious circumstances -- cuts off the arms of his beloved mother, a possessive wife and religious fanatic who led a heretical church called "Santa Sangre (Holy Blood)," the members of which worshipped a martyred girl whose arms were severed by her father following her rape, and then commit suicide. Back in the present, buttressed by shock of his remembrance, he escapes the sanitarium and, in a series of hallucinations and dream-fulfillments, believes he has rejoined his armless mother. He "becomes her arms" and the "two" undertake a grisly campaign of murder and revenge.
Emotional fingerprint
Santa Sangre (1989) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Fear 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Disturbing35%
- Fear25%
- Confusion20%
- Sadness10%
- Awe10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Fear, Confusion. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Horror. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Fear and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Disturbing
- Sympathy
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Disturbing | Sympathy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Curiosity | 52 % | 42 % | 28 % | 30 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Tension | 65 % | 56 % | 45 % | 39 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Disturbing | 78 % | 64 % | 60 % | 57 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Sympathy | 78 % | 62 % | 52 % | 68 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Tension | 58 % | 45 % | 15 % | 33 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Sadness | 54 % | 31 % | 18 % | 30 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Disturbing | 55 % | 36 % | 40 % | 36 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Disturbing | 64 % | 51 % | 56 % | 48 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Sadness | 59 % | 45 % | 40 % | 39 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Curiosity | 52 % | 40 % | 29 % | 29 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Tension | 66 % | 60 % | 49 % | 43 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Disturbing | 76 % | 69 % | 65 % | 60 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Sympathy | 65 % | 51 % | 51 % | 54 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Curiosity | 54 % | 44 % | 35 % | 34 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Tension | 64 % | 61 % | 48 % | 35 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 101′ | Tension | 84 % | 84 % | 76 % | 57 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 107′ | Disturbing | 90 % | 81 % | 80 % | 69 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 113′ | Sadness | 85 % | 62 % | 62 % | 65 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 119′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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Details
- Directed by
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Written by
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, Roberto Leoni, Claudio Argento
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1989
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Country
- Mexico, Italy
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Disturbing
- Data updated
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