Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- eerie
- irreverent
- grotesque
- late night horror viewing
- indie horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film inventive and entertaining as a contained cosmic-horror dark comedy, with its high-concept premise and performances carrying its uneven execution.
What sets it apart
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Wes is trapped inside a remote rest-stop bathroom while the supernatural conflict unfolds through the adjacent stall.
Ghat speaks as a mysterious demigod-like figure and places Wes in an existential situation involving sacrifice and annihilation.
The glory-hole setting, gore, and supernatural bodily implications make an ordinary bathroom the source of visceral grotesquerie.
The plot explicitly foregrounds philosophy and forces Wes to confront a terrible sacrificial situation.
Films like Glorious, and why
The Void
contained cosmic horror, grotesque humor, and a protagonist trapped in an isolated location
The Platform
single-location existential horror blending bodily grotesquerie with philosophical conversation
1408
darkly comic supernatural horror centered on an ordinary person confronting an incomprehensible entity
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
claustrophobic genre filmmaking that turns an everyday space into a site of surreal existential terror
Movie Details
- Director
- Rebekah McKendry
- Release Date
- 2022-07-21
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (219)
Cast
- Ryan Kwanten
- J.K. Simmons
- Sylvia Grace Crim
- Andre Lamar
- Tordy Clark
- Sarah Clark
- Katie Bacque
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- 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 Glorious about?
- A heartbroken traveler trapped in a rest-stop bathroom is drawn into a grotesque philosophical negotiation with a voice from the next stall.
- What is Glorious like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Glorious as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Glorious violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Glorious as graphic.
- What did critics think of Glorious?
- Critics broadly found the film inventive and entertaining as a contained cosmic-horror dark comedy, with its high-concept premise and performances carrying its uneven execution.
- Which films are like Glorious?
- Films with a similar feel include The Void, The Platform, 1408, and The Autopsy of Jane Doe.
- How long is Glorious?
- Glorious runs 79 minutes.
- Where can I watch Glorious?
- In United States, Glorious streams on Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
