Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- hallucinatory
- visceral
- oppressive
- late night horror marathon
- extreme cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard Bliss as a visually forceful and stylistically ambitious extreme horror film whose intensity may overwhelm less adventurous viewers.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film's hallucinatory descent is expressed through intense, hard-hitting imagery and extreme color and light.
Dezzy's attempt to finish her masterpiece drives her toward escalating drug use and destructive behavior.
The plot explicitly places the painter's collapse in the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles among dealers, artists, and nightlife figures.
Dezzy's drug-fueled hallucinations and psychological deterioration destabilize the viewer's understanding of what she experiences.
Films like Bliss, and why
Climax
shares hallucinatory horror, graphic excess, drug-fueled descent, and confrontational visual intensity
The Addiction
shares sleazy urban horror, drug culture, visceral gore, and underground-nightlife atmosphere
The Void
shares psychedelic body horror, creative obsession, and a grimy descent into altered reality
Mandy
shares transgressive Los Angeles noir, addiction themes, and abrasive extreme style
Movie Details
- Director
- Joe Begos
- Release Date
- 2019-09-27
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (216)
Cast
- Dora Madison
- Tru Collins
- Rhys Wakefield
- Jeremy Gardner
- George Wendt
- Chris L. McKenna
- Rachel Avery
- Abraham Benrubi
- Graham Skipper
- Mark Beltzman
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Bliss about?
- A blocked Los Angeles painter plunges into a lurid, drug-fueled nightmare where artistic obsession and violent excess become inseparable.
- What is Bliss like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Bliss as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Bliss violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Bliss as graphic.
- What did critics think of Bliss?
- Critics broadly regard Bliss as a visually forceful and stylistically ambitious extreme horror film whose intensity may overwhelm less adventurous viewers.
- Which films are like Bliss?
- Films with a similar feel include Climax, The Addiction, The Void, and Mandy.
- How long is Bliss?
- Bliss runs 80 minutes.
- Where can I watch Bliss?
- In United States, Bliss streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
