few theaters familiar with Jodorowsky's previous work. In 2004 Anchor Bay released a DVD in the UK. On 25 January 2011, Severin Films gave the film a release on both DVD and Blu-ray with more than "five hours of exclusive extras". On Halloween 2019, Morbido Fest, a Mexico City-based festival, held a celebratory 30th anniversary screening of Santa Sangre remastered in 4K by Severin Films from a scan of the original camera negative. In Italy, from 25 to 27 November 2019, the Videa film society celebrated the 30th anniversary by screening the 4K restored version at select theatres. Reception Critical response The film generally was critically well received, eventually being ranked 476th on Empire'''s 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. A reviewer from the British Film 4 describing the film as "one of Jodorowsky's finest films" which "resonates with all the disturbing power of a clammy nightmare filtered through the hallucinatory lens of 1960s psychedelia." Roger Ebert said that he believed it carried the moral message of genuinely opposing evil, rather than celebrating it like most contemporary horror films. Ebert described it as "a horror film, one of the greatest, and after waiting patiently through countless Dead Teenager Movies, I am reminded by Alejandro Jodorowsky that true psychic horror is possible on the screen – horror, poetry, surrealism, psychological pain, and wicked humor, all at once." , the film had an 86% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 43 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.4/10. The site's consensus stated: "Those unfamiliar with Alejandro Jodorowsky's style may find it overwhelming, but Santa Sangre is a provocative psychedelic journey featuring the director's signature touches of violence, vulgarity, and an oddly personal moral center." Accolades The film was screened at the V Muestra de Cine Mexicano en Guadalajara where several groups of people left the room during the screening.Santa Sangre'' is considered a cult movie and the restored print of the film was screened in 2008 Cannes Classics It was also screened during Locarno Film Festival 2016 Histoire(s) du cinéma: Pardo d'onore Swisscom Alejandro Jodorowsky References External links Santa Sangre on Mr Bongo 1989 films 1989 horror films 1980s horror thriller films Mexican LGBT-related films Mexican horror thriller films Mexican avant-garde and experimental films 1980s English-language films English-language Mexican films English-language Italian films Films about sideshow performers 1980s serial killer films Transgender-related films Italian serial