{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"SANTA SANGRE (1989) \u2013 Episode 259 \u2013 Decades Of Horror 1980s","description":"\u201cI\u2019m sorry\u2026 I was having an hallucination\u2026\u201d That explains a lot! Join your faithful Grue Crew \u2013 Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Jeff Mohr, and guest host Scott Wells \u2013 as they take in Alejandro Jodorowsky\u2019s Santa Sangre (1989), a disarming film tattooed with symbolism \u2026 including the disarming part. Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 259 \u2013 Santa Sangre (1989) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! Click the alert to get notified of new content! https:\/\/youtube.com\/gruesomemagazine Gruesome Magazine is partnering with the WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL (https:\/\/wickedhorrortv.com\/) which now includes video episodes of Decades of Horror 1980s and is available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its online website across all OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop.  A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother \u2013 the leader of a strange religious cult \u2013 and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes \u201cher arms.\u201d   Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky Writing Credits:  Original Story by: Alejandro Jodorowsky Adapted for the Screen by: Roberto Leoni Screenply by: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Roberto Leoni, Claudio Argento Producer: Claudio Argento Selected Cast: Axel Jodorowsky as Fenix Blanca Guerra as Concha Guy Stockwell as Orgo Thelma Tixou as The Tattooed Woman Sabrina Dennison as Alma Adan Jodorowsky as Young Fenix Faviola Elenka Tapia as Young Alma Teo Jodorowsky as Pimp Mary Aranza as Fat Prostitute (as Ma. De Jesus Aranzabal) Jes\u00fas Ju\u00e1rez as Aladin (as Jesus Juarez) Sergio Bustamante as Monsignor Gloriella as Rubi (as Gloria Contreras) S. Rodriguez as The Saint Zonia Rangel Mora as Trini Joaqu\u00edn Garc\u00eda Vargas as Box-Office Attendant (as Borolas) Teo Tapia as Business Man Edgar E. Jim\u00e9nez Nava as Monsignor\u2019s Chauffeur (as Edgar E. Jimenez Nava) Jacobo Lieberman as Monsignor\u2019s Secretary H\u00e9ctor Ortega as Doctor (as Hector Ortega Gomez) Brontis Jodorowsky as Orderly 1 Val\u00e9rie Crouzet as Orderly 2 (as Valerie Crouzet) \u00d3scar Seraf\u00edn \u00c1lvarez as Soldier 1 (as Oscar Serafin Alvarez) Billy Motton as Soldier 2 Hilario \u2018Popitekus\u2019 Vargas as Wrestler 1 Guadalupe \u2018TNT\u2019 Aguilar as Wrestler 2 Arturo \u2018Rinoceronte\u2019 Contreras as Wrestler 3 Gustavo Aguilar Tejada as Beggar Roger Fayard Arroyo as Beggar In this episode, Jeff, Chad, and Bill welcome guest-host Scott Wells to review the 1989 \u201cavant-garde surrealistic psychological horror film\u201d from director Alejandro Jodorowsky. While the film is in English, Santa Sangre is a Mexican and Italian co-production that features a truly bizarre tale that has to be seen to be believed. The less said here, the better \u2013 it\u2019s so much better to join the Grue-Crew to revisit this unpredictable, gorgeous, must-see mind-bender. At the time of this writing, Santa Sangre is available to stream from Shudder, AMC+, Screambox, Kanopy, and Tubi, and is available on physical media from Severin in three releases: Blu-ray (2011), 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray (2021), and a 4K Ultra HD 4-Disc Limited Edition Collector\u2019s Set (2021). Both 2021 releases are made from a 4K scan of the original negative supervised by the director. Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine\u2019s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode\u2019s film, chosen by Crystal, will be The Boogey Man (1980), directed by Ulli Lommel and featuring the formidable John Carradine \u2026 and a mirror? This should be a fun one! Please let them know how they\u2019re doing! They want to hear from you \u2013 the coolest, grooviest fans \u2013 so leave them a message or comment on the Gruesome Magazine Youtube channel, on the Gruesome Magazine website, or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com. ","author_name":"Decades of Horror | Horror News Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/docrotten.libsyn.com","html":"