Thelma Tixou

(On Cable TV, May 2020) “Jodorowsky does the circus” is all you really need to know about Santa Sangre. I could stop there, but, if you insist, here’s his usual blend of weirdness, eroticism, surrealism and horror, except with better production means than usual. I can’t explain what happened in this film without a synopsis written by someone else, but it’s relatively rewarding to watch in the ways it keeps throwing strange visuals at you. Thelma Tixou is captivating as The Tattooed Woman, but the entire film is like a spell: weird, compelling and incomprehensible. The appeal of Santa Sangre is difficult to put into words, and seems as fitting as any quip to wrap up this review: Alejandro Jodorowsky does the circus.