The Trip
A newly separated commercial director submits to his first LSD experience and plunges into a dazzling, frightening crisis of perception.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- surreal
- disorienting
- provocative
- late night viewing
- psychedelic film marathon
What critics said
Critics were sharply polarized, with some praising the film's bold psychedelic imagery and cinematic technique while others found its drug experience incoherent, superficial, and physically oppressive.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Paul's first LSD experience dominates the film through visions, distortions, and fragmented sensory episodes.
Strobe lights, flowers, dancing figures, kaleidoscopic patterns, and abrupt fantasy tableaux create a picture-driven experience.
Paul's personality crisis follows Sally's departure and motivates his experiment with LSD.
John's guru persona, Max's pad, the freak-out gathering, and the circulation of acid place the film within 1960s underground culture.
Films like The Trip, and why
Easy Rider
psychedelic visual experimentation, altered consciousness, and countercultural 1960s atmosphere
The Saragossa Manuscript
surreal imagery, drug-induced disorientation, and confrontational visual style
Skidoo
1960s drug culture, experimental montage, and destabilized perception
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
hallucinatory imagery, psychological crisis, and avant-garde visual excess
Movie Details
- Director
- Roger Corman
- Release Date
- 1967-08-23
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (115)
Cast
- Peter Fonda
- Susan Strasberg
- Bruce Dern
- Dennis Hopper
- Salli Sachse
- Barboura Morris
- Judy Lang
- Luana Anders
- Beach Dickerson
- Dick Miller
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, YouTube TV, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Trip about?
- A newly separated commercial director submits to his first LSD experience and plunges into a dazzling, frightening crisis of perception.
- What is The Trip like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Trip as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Trip violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Trip as mild.
- What did critics think of The Trip?
- Critics were sharply polarized, with some praising the film's bold psychedelic imagery and cinematic technique while others found its drug experience incoherent, superficial, and physically oppressive.
- Which films are like The Trip?
- Films with a similar feel include Easy Rider, The Saragossa Manuscript, Skidoo, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
- How long is The Trip?
- The Trip runs 85 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Trip?
- In United States, The Trip streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, YouTube TV, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
