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Bliss of Evil Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Bliss of Evil Featured, Reviews Film Threat

BONUS THAT! NOMINATED 2023! Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next level of sophisticated rock and roll horror in director Josh Morris’s extraordinary Bliss of Evil. The screenplay, written by Morris and Corrie Hinschen, is purportedly based on something that really happened in 1997 in Brisbane, Australia. The film harkens back to the early 1980s glory days when suspense movies would ape the money-making slashers, with the major difference being the cops won in the end. Isla (Sharnee Tones) is the sound engineer for the grunge band Prom Night, led by her girlfriend Nic (Shanay De Marco). Isla barely gets any sleep as she is recovering from some heavy trauma, and her pal, Jamie (Michaela Da Costa), is concerned. So they head over to the recording studio owned by Isla’s Uncle Michael (Wayne Bassett). Here Prom Night is rehearsing with Lee (Jordan Schulte), the new guitarist Nic found. Lee meets the rest of the band: bassist Roy (Brendan R Burman-Bellenger), drummer Rhea (Emily Rowbottom), and groupie Courtney (Chenaya Aston). They are discussing whether a famous rock musician’s recent death was a suicide.

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During rehearsal, Lee asked if he could play “Bliss of Evil”, a popular song from the Prom Night setlist. The group refuses at first, but Isla tells them to go, everything will be okay with her. They played the song and Isla collapsed, panting and sweat running down her face. Nic comforts her while no one in the group tells Lee what is going on or why Isla is panicking. Suddenly, someone’s throat was slit while another’s skull was crushed. Survivors later discovered that the escape door had been chained shut. Throughout the night, the remaining members of the group are stalked by the horrifying hooded killer Bloodface (Corrie Hinschen). The gym walls are soundproofed to drown out screams, but can they also be blood-proof? With Bliss of Evil, Morris surpassed the previous heights in the rock and roll horror sub-genre achieved by cult favorite Green Room. This is achieved through an expert blend of suspense elements within the slasher formula. Here, Morris turns the tables by having the slasher follow the principles of the suspense picture, trading off body count to create tension throughout the story. Additionally, the mystery surrounding Isla’s injury keeps the audience’s interest focused on something other than the impending murders. Instead of weakening slasher traditions, Morris uses thriller elements to enhance them.

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