Summary
- Love Lies Bleeding, now on Max, explores romance, identity, and crime through a whirlwind LGBTQ+ relationship.
- The film's sudden streaming popularity highlights its success and invites viewers to explore similar dark themes with Rose Glass' Saint Maud.
- Love Lies Bleeding's streaming success is due to its rave reviews and lack of a big theatrical release.
Kristen Stewart's LGBTQ+ thriller Love Lies Bleeding is now streaming on Max, and its newfound popularity is a reminder to watch another similar movie from 2019. In the film, Stewart plays Lou, an antisocial gym manager who falls into a whirlwind romance with an ambitious bodybuilder. However, their relationship starts to fall apart as Lou's past catches up to her. The Kristen Stewart movie not only explores themes of LGBTQ+ romance but also identity, family, and crime.
Love Lies Bleeding released theatrically in March and has now found a new streaming home on Max. In just a short time, Love Lies Bleeding has achieved streaming success after becoming more widely available in July. According to Reelgood, the Kristen Stewart action thriller was the seventh most popular movie on streaming for the week of July 18-24. In the coming weeks, it may continue to rise among these ranks. With more people seeing Love Lies Bleeding, another movie with similar dark themes should also be making a comeback.
Related
Love Lies Bleeding Ending Explained
The surreal conclusion to Love Lies Bleeding leaves plenty of room for interpretation thanks to the ambiguity of some of its fantastical final scenes.
Why You Should Watch Saint Maud After Love Lies Bleeding
Saint Maud Has Similar Elements As Love Lies Bleeding
Those who enjoyed Love Lies Bleeding should check out the 2019 horror film Saint Maud. First and foremost, Saint Maud and Love Lies Bleeding were both directed by Rose Glass. Saint Maud was Glass' directorial debut, yet it did incredibly well with critics, earning a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie follows a hospice nurse named Maud who, after a traumatic incident, decides to dedicate herself to Christianity. Her piety becomes dangerous, though, when she tries to reform one of her patients who is dying of cancer.
Lou may not have the religious leanings that Maud has, but the two characters certainly share a reclusive, aloof quality.
In many ways, Saint Maud and Love Lies Bleeding have similar themes, even if their premises are quite different. Lou may not have the religious leanings that Maud has, but the two characters certainly share a reclusive, aloof quality. Furthermore, both Lou and Maud get quickly sucked into the lives of the women around them, leading them to more trouble than good. On top of that, from a cinematic perspective, Saint Maud and Love Lies Bleeding also share commonalities of classic horror movie body horror, dark aesthetics, and female-focused stories.
Saint Maud
4.0
R
Where to Watch
- stream
- rent
- buy
Not available
*Availability in US
- Director
- Rose Glass
- Release Date
- October 9, 2020
- Writers
- Rose Glass
- Cast
- Morfydd Clark , Jennifer Ehle , Lily Frazer , Lily Knight , Rosie Sansom
- Runtime
- 85 Minutes
- Main Genre
- Horror
Why Love Lies Bleeding Is So Popular On Streaming
Love Lies Bleeding Wasn't A Huge Theatrical Release
The sudden success of Love Lies Bleeding is exciting but not necessarily surprising. The 2024 film earned rave reviews when it first premiered, with critics calling it intense, immersive, and alluring. Both Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian give incredible performances, and their chemistry is undeniable. With a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, this is a movie that audiences are likely eager to see on streaming services. The star-studded cast and noir stylization make it an eye-catching and engaging watch.
It also seems likely that Love Lies Bleeding has enjoyed a successful streaming debut because it wasn't a particularly big theatrical release. Although the movie did come out in theaters, it wasn't a blockbuster like other films premiering at that time, such as Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire or Kung Fu Panda 4. Therefore, audiences may not have seen the movie in theaters, but they are definitely interested in watching it now from home.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
Love Lies Bleeding
R
Action
Adventure
Crime
Where to Watch
- stream
- rent
- buy
*Availability in US
Love Lies Bleeding is an action crime film from A24. Directed by Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding centers on a gym employee, played by Kristen Stewart, and a bisexual bodybuilder (Katy O'Brian) as they discover how difficult the world of competitive bodybuilding is. The film also stars Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, and Ed Harris.
- Director
- Rose Glass
- Release Date
- March 3, 2024
- Writers
- Rose Glass , Weronika Tofilska
- Cast
- Kristen Stewart , Katy O'Brian , Jena Malone , Anna Baryshnikov , Dave Franco , Ed Harris
- Runtime
- 104 Minutes
- Distributor(s)
- A24 , Lionsgate
