Bliss

    Bliss
    2019

    Synopsis

    In need of creative inspiration, a professionally stagnant and hard-partying Los Angeles artist recklessly indulges in a series of drug binges. As the narcotics fly out of control, so does her newfound and inexplicable, yet unquenchable, craving for blood.

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    Cast

    • Dora MadisonDezzy
    • Tru CollinsCourtney
    • Rhys WakefieldRonnie
    • Jeremy GardnerClive
    • George WendtPops
    • Chris L. McKennaDavid
    • Rachel AveryNikki St. Jean
    • Abraham BenrubiAbe
    • Graham SkipperHadrian
    • Mark BeltzmanLance

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Film Threat

      This level was weird fun was thought to be extinct until Joe Begos came around and proved us all wrong. It’s a game-changer for sure, and the fallout should be phenomenal.
    • 80

      Variety

      Whether classified as straight-up genre piece or substance-abuse drama in disguise, this is a dive into psychedelic hedonism that succeeds in constantly topping itself, rather than succumbing to shock-value fatigue like the aforementioned Noé joints.
    • 80

      Paste Magazine

      Comprising hardcore and doom metal, à la Isis, Electric Wizard, and Doomriders, Bliss is more metal than most of the metal records released in the last five years. The substance beneath the slaughter is a happy bonus, and a reminder that even the ugliest horror movies can have more going on under the hood than one might think.
    • 75

      The A.V. Club

      Bliss approaches its aesthetic with a straight-faced intensity, pummeling the viewer with woozy handheld closeups and violent bursts of montage until you feel like maybe you might have been dosed somehow on your way into the theater. The only irony here is that Begos says it’s his most personal movie to date.
    • 38

      RogerEbert.com

      For better and for worse, Bliss truly makes you feel as if you, too, are suffering from a narcotic-induced, hallucinatory freak-out—one that leaves you physically exhausted, mentally spent and ultimately wondering what the hell just happened to you.
    • 10

      Los Angeles Times

      Madison’s work aside, this picture isn’t all that exciting. It’s 80 tedious minutes of shouting, swearing, nudity and gore, cut together with the deftness of a chainsaw.