Dennis Quaid isn’t any stranger to suspense and horror. The actor, 70, has appeared in quite a lot of suspenseful choices through the years, together with The Substance reverse Demi Moore, Beneath the Darkness (2011,) The Intruder (2019,) Jaws 3-D (1983,) and Pandorum (2009,) amongst others. In 1978, he starred alongside Gwyneth Paltrow‘s mother Blythe Danner in a little-known TV horror/suspense film known as Are You within the Home Alone?
Now, the actor returns to TV with a real crime sequence based mostly on a buzzy podcast of the identical title. Beneath, discover out what the sequence is about, the place to observe, and extra.
What’s ‘Blissful Face’ About?
The sequence is impressed by the true story of Keith Hunter Jesperson, infamously referred to as the Blissful Face Killer. His case dates again to the Nineties when he took the lives of a number of girls. Jesperson was arrested in 1995 and is now serving a life sentence at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. He earned his nickname for the smiley faces he included in letters despatched to authorities.
When Does the ‘Blissful Face’ Sequence Debut?
To not be confused with the 2014 Lifetime film The Blissful Face Killer starring David Arquette, Blissful Face is impressed by the heartbreaking story of Melissa G. Moore, who found at simply 15 years previous that her father was serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson. The eight-episode sequence delves into the murders and the lasting, devastating impression the crimes had on Jesperson’s relations and relations of the victims.
In line with Rolling Stone, within the Nineties, the daddy of three killed at the least eight girls over a span of simply 5 years. He then taunted police investigating the case with letters emblazoned with mocking smiley faces. He’s at present in an Oregon penitentiary serving a life sentence with out the potential of parole.
“Blissful Face follows Melissa (Annaleigh Ashford) and her incarcerated father, referred to as the ‘Blissful Face Killer’ (Dennis Quaid),” reads an official logline for the sequence. “After a long time of no contact, he lastly finds a strategy to pressure himself again into his daughter’s life. In a race in opposition to the clock, Melissa should discover out if an harmless man goes to be put to demise for against the law her father dedicated. All through, she discovers the impression her father had on his victims’ households and should face a reckoning of her personal identification.”
The place to Watch the ‘Blissful Face’ Sequence
Blissful Face premieres on Paramount+ on Thursday, March 20, 2025, with two episodes, and can air weekly on Thursdays till the sequence finale on Could 1.
