Bliss is the kind of movie that any festival worthy of its name should include in its list. Not because it is a good movie, but because it is a sort of a so bad it's good film that one should only watch either at a cinema festival or at home drinking beer and having fun with friends.
Bliss tells the story of Dezzy (Dora Madison), a girl in her mid-20s who lives in Los Angeles; but a completely different and deranged L.A. compared to the one we witnessed in La La Land. Dezzy is an artist who's preparing an exhibition but has fallen into an uninspired period. In order for her to finish her last painting in time, she visits an old friend who offers her a new type of drug called Bliss. He warns her, though, that bliss is very strong and she should be cautious with its consumption. Dezzy, of course does the complete opposite and soon gets addicted to bliss' qualities of escapism and fun. She soon gets to partying and drinking and more drug-consuming and of course to sex. The people she has sex with are two acquaintances of hers, Courtney (Tru Collins) and her husband Ronnie (Rhys Wakefield), who seem to be the definition of party animals, always in bars at night and ready for the next evening of fun.
The hallucinatory effects of bliss lead to psychedelic and rather surreal experiences for Dezzy who not only seems to get inspiration and move on with her painting but also make her start fantasising about blood. What is more, she always has memory loss everytime she wakes up and finds herself unexpectedly naked and soaked in blood. Is it her imagination or something weird has started happening to her?
The film has an interesting plot but it is truly a b-movie at heart. That is not a bad thing at all, especially since it is presented in a rather artistic and bizarre way and gives a breath of fresh air to the overdone with genre of vampirism. Madison, also, gives a greatly convincing and serious performance as the confused artist who's started to have a desire for blood, making the movie less ridiculous than expected. Nonetheless, Bliss, with its violence and gore, embraces its b-movie quality so passionately and takes itself seriously enough to make it gripping and a fun 80' night at a theatre.
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