SEVERIN’S SANTA SANGRE 4-DISC DIGIPACK
“To me, Santa Sangre is the crown jewel of the Severin Films catalog,” says company president David Gregory. “It’s my favourite movie that we’ve put out – and that’s saying something, because I love most of the films we’ve released. And don’t get me wrong, I love El Topo and The Holy Mountain, but to me, Santa Sangre is Alejandro Jodorowsky’s best and most accessible movie.”
That latter term might seem an odd one to apply to the carnival of avant-garde, grotesque, and Freudian delights that is Santa Sangre. Scripted by the director, producer Claudio Argento, and Robert Leoni, it follows a young man, Fenix (played by Jodorowsky’s son Axel), who escapes from an asylum to literally serve as the murderous arms of his mother,…