Sweet Relief

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Sweet Relief

Released Jun 27

1h 27m

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Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Dire consequences await three teenagers when they play an online murder challenge.

Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

It does create a mood of queasy dread, but its helter-skelter feel and desultory pacing prove deadening.

Rated: D+

Jul 7, 2025

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

Sweet Relief has some clever notions and decent filmmaking flourishes, but it’s also under ninety minutes and still lags in its pacing.

Rated: B-

Jul 2, 2025

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Kyle Logan

ScreenAnarchy

A masterfully anxiety-inducing look at how the internet has only made the darkness of the suburbs darker...an indictment of the kinds of people who make the real violence enacted against others into something purely abstract.

Mar 14, 2025

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Dan Tabor

Cinapse

Verdi impressively weaves together a narrative that is equal parts warning and exploration, populated by some truthful archetypes rather than stereotypes.

Jul 4, 2024

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Stephanie Malone

Morbidly Beautiful

"Sweet Relief" is slow-burn, think-outside-the-box horror at its finest. The DIY, slice-of-life approach serves the film's gritty exploration of America’s underbelly, where horrors lurk amidst picturesque scenery and seemingly benign neighborhoods.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 22, 2024

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Sharai Bohannon

Dread Central

Sweet Relief feels like an early draft of a script that never got the chance to live up to its potential.

Rated: 1.5/5

May 29, 2024

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Synopsis

Dire consequences await three teenagers when they play an online murder challenge.

Director: Nick Verdi
Screenwriter: Nick Verdi
Distributor: Art Brut Films
Production Co: Art Brut Films
Genre: Horror, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 27, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 27, 2025
Runtime: 1h 27m