"Holy Blood! Holy Blood!"
If I were to rank the top films of Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky it would be HOLY MOUNTAIN, EL TOPO and then this one here. If this was made by any other director it would probably be held up as an amazing work but since I always have his earlier mind-blowing epics to compare it to it pales somewhat. Nevertheless this has so many amazing elements in it that it can be held up equally alongside many of the great horror films of the past and it surpasses them by being more than just a horror film. Since this film was produced by Claudio Argento, brother of Dario, I can't help but feel that some of the more standard horrific elements were his contributions. The film, to me, has a very Italian horror vibe to it with it's deep colors and blood-flowing injuries(arms get chopped off, throats get slashed, a penis gets acid-washed and there are multiple murders)and it does seem to straddle the line between art-house and exploitation. If you're interested in a mash-up of surrealistic imagery, religious iconography, revenge film, mongoloidsploitation and generally ultra-creepy flick this might be your scene. You also get The Invisible Man showing up for a cameo.
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