Santa Sangre (1989) is Bleeding to El Pueblo

Episode recorded: July 11th, 2026 (07/11/2026)   00:00:00 - Important message (why Jay won't be going to Pennsylvania this month). 00:00:28 - Episode starts. 00:05:16 - What is Santa Sangre about?  00:10:30 - Madzy’s interpretation of Santa Sangre as an allegory for trans experience. 00:30:30 - Who is Alejandro Jodorowsky? 00:38:18 - Jay loves The Holy Mountain. 00:45:14 - How this could also work in animation? 00:46:02 - Ad break! 01:23:08 - Jay recommends one of his favorite Mexican movies We Are the Flesh (Tenemos la carne). 01:25:27 - Some tangents on Mexico, its surrealist movies, and Mexican animation scenes. 01:39:44 - More about the topic for the next month’s episode   Jay is laid off from Troma and his planned trip to Pennsylvania has been cancelled. Though at least he gave himself a chance to watch a Mexican horror movie that he hasn’t seen before, and it’s from his favorite film director Alejandro Jodorowsky. It was recommended by his co-host Madzy Williams herself and it’s one of her favorite movies for a personal reason.    Please support Haneen and her students!  https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-haneen-koraz-empower-voices-through-art?attribution_id=sl%3A7c48cd74-d034-4ab2-88e1-dcb39f3a0adc&utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3   Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Early_Riser (licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License) Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)   Movies, shorts, and tv shows we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead):  Santa Sangre (1989), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky Fando y Lis (1968), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky The Holy Mountain (La montaña sagrada) (1973), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) (2011), directed by Pedro Almodóvar Amer (2009), directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears (L'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps) (2013), directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani Suspiria (1977), directed by Dario Argento Punch & Judy (Rakvickarna) (1966), directed by Jan Švankmajer The works of Haneen Koraz and her students Dave Made a Maze (2017), directed by Bill Watterson The Devil’s Rejects (2005), directed by Rob Zombie Halloween 2 (2009), directed by Rob Zombie We Are the Flesh (Tenemos la carne) (2016), directed by Emiliano Rocha Minter The Mansion of Madness (La mansión de la locura) (1973), directed by Juan López Moctezuma El héroe (1994), directed by Carlos Carrera Ana y Bruno (2017), directed by Carlos Carrera