Santa Sangre's content puts it beyond the call of duty for even the most slavishly devoted art-house denizen.
– Michael Upchurch,
Seattle Times,
15 Nov 2013
rotten:
What Jodorowsky lacks is a sense of humor, in the absence of which his films turn ludicrous.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Nov 2013
fresh:
Drawing on his training in mime and his fascination with Gnosticism, Jodorowsky converted a story about a bizarre murderer into a grand work of art, full of symbols and imagery that reach beyond language to something primal and original.
– Noel Murray,
AV Club,
26 Nov 2012
fresh:
Visionary and haunting, Santa Sangre is a mixture of blood poetry and gobbledygook that keeps springing astonishingly to life.