Bliss (2019) - We love a female lead!

Alright this movie is amazing. It's becoming a pattern where I don't really know what to expect from a Shudder exclusive. But they've all been hits so far. I think this movie was perfectly cast. Perfectly! And I don't even know any of these people prior to this. They all did great. The cinematography was amazing. I know that's such a dorky or maybe vague thing to say. Watching this movie really made me see similarities in styles to movies like Evil Dead or Green Room. It's very dark and the blood is absolutely perfect. The gore scenes seem almost believable or at least they were executed in a style I really enjoy. The soundtrack is actually really cool. Lots of punk/goth music and then in slower scenes there is a lot of deep synthy kind of stuff it was scored really well. Alright, so movie centers around a decently popular painter named Dezzy Donahue (goes by "Dez"). She is taking too long finishing her paintings due to lack of focus and major drug abuse. She is struggling with a particular painting after being clean for what seems to me like less than a month. Now, the confusing part of me is trying to figure what kind of drug it is that she is taking. The drug dealer calls it "Bliss", and even after my google searches to try and find out what Bliss is street for (which only resulted in synthetic marijuana? so i'm gonna say that's not what it was). The drug dealer says this particular batch is "like a mixture of cocaine and DMT". She does a line in front of him and passes out immediately. I mean DMT maybe? But as far as I know it doesn't have immediate effects on the body. What I also googled after was that the drug in the movie is supposed to resemble the ever elusive "Scopolamine", which I think (don't quote me on this) is also known as Krokodil. It's famous for being used by criminals in Columbia and Ecuador (probably because of the climate it's able to grow in). But these criminals have been reported to blow the drug in the face of tourists or unknowing/unsuspecting people and it basically makes them black out immediately. So people will often steal their wallets, empty their accounts, and leave them stranded with no identification. I mean if this is the drug they're referencing, I don't know how they have it in L.A. or why he would describe it having any similar feeling to cocaine or DMT but for the sake of the movie and lack of explanation, we carry on. So she has her first black out. She wakes up at a party, runs into her friend, Courtney.They keep doing more and more of this mystery drug. Without passing out, which is confusing but whatever. I have to pause the review to just make a note of how every single bathroom, house, bar, everywhere - has a fancy silver cocaine plate with razor blades conveniently accessible and no one suspects anything. Anyways, Dez parties all night long with Courtney and Courtney's boyfriend, Ronnie? They all hook up and to make long story short I guess this is when Dez changes. She keeps partying and partying and has a seemingly ending supply of this ridiculous drug that keeps getting her in weird situations. She wakes up naked, in strange places, and most importantly - SHE IS NOT WORKING ON HER OVERDUE PAINTING. The point where everything changes is when Dez is vomiting blood everywhere and all of a sudden craving it before going on multiple killing sprees that she ends up not remembering hours later. And well.. she's a vampire. It doesn't really define a point where she got bit or what cause half of the movie is what's happening, and half of it is her having flashbacks that are unclear. This movie has an interesting take on vampires, I must say. As a religious Buffy fan - I truly believe they nailed the rules of vampires. Firstly, they don't vomit blood. They don't eat guts and organs. And they don't turn into bubbly ooze once they're staked through the heart. ALSO if you behead a vampire they are dead too. But hey I guess we can make up our own rules. The middle and end are full of absolutely amazing gory scenes and killings. The effects are absolutely incredible. There is a tonne of sexual tension. Lots of blood, lots of guts, lots of wild kills and blood everywhere and it just looks beautiful. It was so enjoyable. They even incorporate my favourite "RREEE REEE REE" high pitch sound during some crazy skin peeling scenes. It's nuts, it's great. I was excited watching it. I keep writing these reviews way too long and way too descriptive. But basically what I'm saying is it's incredibly enjoyable. Great great great great gore. Could have gone a little crazier as far as guts and stuff but I was still satisfied. I highly recommend. It's hot, music is great, and the ending is not lame. Sorry for revealing a lot of spoilers but I'm learning.