• Director(s)

    Alejandro Jodorowsky

  • Production Year

    1989

  • Release date

    21/09/2012

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    123m

  • Cast

    Axel Jodorowsky, Bianca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Sabrina Dennison, Thelma Tixou, Adan Jodorowsky

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Film

Santa Sangre

Contains strong gory violence and horror

violence
A woman takes revenge on her husband by throwing a jar of acid onto his genitals. The man then chops his wife's arms off with knives.A man slits his own throat, and there are several bloody stabbings.
additional issues
There are several scenes in which knives are fetishised and/or sexualised. In two scenes a woman stands against a board while a man throws and stabs knives towards her. He encourages the woman to lick one of the knives in a sexual fashion and then rams another one into the board just below her crotch, causing her to whimper in mock sexual pleasure. In another scene, a man imagines he is in a graveyard as dozens of naked women wearing bridal veils rise up from their graves and swarm all over him. The scene contains full frontal female nudity.

  • Director(s)

    Alejandro Jodorowsky

  • Production Year

    1989

  • Release date

    21/09/2012

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    123m

  • Cast

    Axel Jodorowsky, Bianca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Sabrina Dennison, Thelma Tixou, Adan Jodorowsky

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One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

Contains strong gory violence and horror
Classified Date:
24/09/2012
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Mr Bongo Worldwide Ltd
violence
A woman takes revenge on her husband by throwing a jar of acid onto his genitals. The man then chops his wife's arms off with knives.A man slits his own throat, and there are several bloody stabbings.
additional issues
There are several scenes in which knives are fetishised and/or sexualised. In two scenes a woman stands against a board while a man throws and stabs knives towards her. He encourages the woman to lick one of the knives in a sexual fashion and then rams another one into the board just below her crotch, causing her to whimper in mock sexual pleasure. In another scene, a man imagines he is in a graveyard as dozens of naked women wearing bridal veils rise up from their graves and swarm all over him. The scene contains full frontal female nudity.
Classified Date:
29/09/1989
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Mainline Pictures Ltd
Classified Date:
04/07/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Anchor Bay Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
03/10/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Palace Video
Classified Date:
22/08/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Palace Video
Classified Date:
17/11/1989
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Mainline Pictures Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.

  • Classified date

    24/09/2012

  • BBFC reference

    BFF062245

  • Language

    English