Blood Punch

Blood Punch, in the US on Chilling and Kanopy, takes its characters as seriously as it takes its plot. A tight runtime that never overstays its welcome. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Milo Cawthorne anchors it with a performance that rewards close attention. Available now on Chilling — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Blood Punch arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Blood Punch trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Milton, a college dropout, was only supposed to cook meth for one day. Broken out of rehab by a brash young woman and her trigger-happy ("ex") boyfriend and driven to a remote cabin the woods, Milton finds himself drawn into a dangerous love triangle gone haywire. The couple's deadpan half-truths spin around Milton like a song on repeat. The performances from Milo Cawthorne and Olivia Tennet give it more weight than the premise alone would suggest. It hit screens in 2014. Blood Punch resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Blood Punch delivers. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Milo Cawthorne's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

Blood Punch was released in 2014, directed by Madellaine Paxson. The full 104-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.