{ "id": "epzzd4aza8", "slug": "dagger-kiss", "title": "Dagger Kiss", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "label": "Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.lgbt_webseries", "label": "LGBT-related web series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.lgbt_webseries" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "label": "United States · 2001 to 2020: Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "path": [ { "id": "geo.us", "label": "United States", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001", "label": "United States · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "label": "Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Dagger Kiss is a 2016 American lesbian fantasy web series created by and starring Tucky Williams, with Amanda K. Morales and Stoya; eight roughly 10-minute episodes on Tello, later a 2020 film spinoff Dagger Kiss: Enchanted Forest.", "snippet": "Dagger Kiss is a 2016 American lesbian fantasy web series created by and starring Tucky Williams, with Amanda K. Morales and Stoya; eight roughly 10-minute episodes on Tello, later a 2020 film spinoff Dagger Kiss: Enchanted Forest.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.lgbt_webseries", "markdown": "# Dagger Kiss\n\n**Dagger Kiss** is an American lesbian fantasy web series created, written by, and starring Tucky Williams, produced by the team behind the web series *[Girl/Girl Scene](https://www.edgepedia.org/girl-girl-scene)*. It ran for one season of eight episodes on the web channel Tello in 2016, and it later spawned a feature film, *Dagger Kiss: Enchanted Forest* (2020).[1](https://www.the7thmatrix.com/blog/2016/2/17/dagger-kiss) • [2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/33938/dagger-kiss)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Scripted fantasy adventure web series, 8 episodes of roughly 8 to 10 minutes each[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/33938/dagger-kiss) • [3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/dagger-kiss) |\n| Original run | Tello, 2016; TVmaze and TheTVDB list the run as March 7 to July 3, 2016, while IMDb and SensCritique list a February 14, 2016 premiere[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/33938/dagger-kiss) • [4](https://thetvdb.com/series/dagger-kiss/allseasons/official) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/es-es/title/tt5340782/) |\n| Creator | Tucky Williams, who also plays the lead, Arden[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/33938/dagger-kiss) |\n| Main cast | Tucky Williams (Arden), Amanda K. Morales (Katia), Stoya (Mia), Roni Jonah (Jenna), Thomas J. Phillips (Zareth), P.J. Stamps (Evangeline)[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/33938/dagger-kiss) |\n| Status | Ended after one season; a second season was announced in July 2016 but the show was canceled[6](https://www.univers-l.com/webserie-dagger-kiss.html) • [7](https://watch.plex.tv/sv/show/dagger-kiss) |\n| Film spinoff | *Dagger Kiss: Enchanted Forest* (2020), released on Amazon Prime Video[1](https://www.the7thmatrix.com/blog/2016/2/17/dagger-kiss) |\n| IMDb rating | 4.5/10 from about 140 votes[5](https://www.imdb.com/es-es/title/tt5340782/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nThe story follows Arden, a sorceress from another world who is devastated by the death of her true love, Mia, and tormented by the dark magic with which she has been cursed. She leaves her home world to travel to Earth in pursuit of the evil sorcerer Zareth. There she meets Katia, described in promotional material as a no-nonsense tough girl, and convinces her to help navigate the strange new land. As the two battle through mysteries, magic, swords, and daggers, they find it increasingly difficult to ignore their attraction to each other, and together they set out to defeat Zareth before he can conquer both worlds.[8](https://www.daggerkiss.com/about-dagger-kiss/)\n\nIn the opening episode, \"Kiss of Darkness\", the backstory is laid out: Arden and Mia, a pair of young lovers, suffer an attack that rouses a dark force within Arden; afterward, when years have passed, Katia saves Arden and the pair set out together on a magical quest. A mysterious object called the Aegis becomes central to the plot, with Zareth and his lightener Jenna plotting to intercept Arden's plans involving it.[9](https://www.daggerkiss.com/episodes/) The French webzine Univers-L places the opening in the Kingdom of Althyria, where Arden survives the attack that kills Mia thanks to a mysterious force she seems to possess.[10](https://www.univers-l.com/dagger-kiss.html)\n\n## Production and release\n\nTucky Williams, whom the genre site Slice of SciFi described as a \"scream queen turned producer-writer\" and the producer of *Girl/Girl Scene*, created the series and wrote it, in addition to playing Arden. She described the show as a girl version of *Lord of the Rings* mixed with a little flavor of *Highlander*.[11](https://www.sliceofscifi.com/2016/03/12/slice-of-scifi-755/) Tate Chmielewski directed and served as cinematographer and editor, with Theresa McCarty and Bill Spangler producing and Will Phillips composing the score.[7](https://watch.plex.tv/sv/show/dagger-kiss)\n\nThe episodes were first streamed on Tello, then made available for free on the Girl/Girl Scene YouTube channel and the show's official website.[10](https://www.univers-l.com/dagger-kiss.html) The series is now available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video and to stream free on Vimeo and Fawesome.[12](https://www.daggerkiss.com/watch-now/) • [3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/dagger-kiss)\n\n**Second season and cancellation.** In July 2016 Williams announced that a second season would be produced starting in October 2016, and her composer Will Phillips confirmed in November 2016 that he had been asked to score a second installment, in which Arden, called the Darkener, would struggle to contain her magic abilities.[6](https://www.univers-l.com/webserie-dagger-kiss.html) • [13](https://willphillipsmusic.com/2016/11/16/dagger-kiss-2/) The second season did not materialize; database listings record the show as ended or canceled after one season.[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/33938/dagger-kiss) • [7](https://watch.plex.tv/sv/show/dagger-kiss)\n\n## Reception\n\nThe series holds a 4.5/10 rating on IMDb from roughly 140 votes.[5](https://www.imdb.com/es-es/title/tt5340782/) Coverage in the lesbian and queer media sphere was generally favorable. The 7th Matrix called it a bold lesbian fantasy web series and a feminist take on fantasy-adventure tales that overwhelmingly center on white, cisgender, heterosexual men, billing it as \"a girl Lord Of The Rings meets Highlander\".[1](https://www.the7thmatrix.com/blog/2016/2/17/dagger-kiss) The blog All Things Lesbian praised it for having an actual plot and for being fantasy-themed rather than focused on real-life situations, noting that the roughly 10-minute episodes made the season watchable in one sitting.[14](https://allthingslesbeau.blogspot.com/2016/08/review-lesbian-web-series-dagger-kiss.html) French reviews quoted by Univers-L included \"Un Seigneur des Anneaux lesbien\" (a lesbian Lord of the Rings) from divinemagazine.net, though the site's own verdict was more critical.[10](https://www.univers-l.com/dagger-kiss.html)\n\n## Dagger Kiss: Enchanted Forest\n\nIn 2020 a full-length feature film spinoff, *Dagger Kiss: Enchanted Forest*, was released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.[1](https://www.the7thmatrix.com/blog/2016/2/17/dagger-kiss) The film continues the story of sorceress Arden and her warrior girlfriend Katia, now deeply in love but kept apart by the veil between Earth and the World of Magic, until the evil sorcerer Zareth arises from the dead and the two are sent on a quest to defeat him.[15](https://www.reelshort.com/movie/dagger-kiss-enchanted-forest-68244ec4c9eccf95e00b3209) A Letterboxd review describes it as a micro-budgeted sword-and-sorcery romance whose first fifteen minutes exposition-dump the lore of the eight-episode web series.[16](https://letterboxd.com/kriilunaus/film/dagger-kiss-enchanted-forest/) The title was later released as a 30-episode vertical short drama on the [ReelShort](https://www.edgepedia.org/reelshort) platform, with the first three episodes free and premium episodes beginning at episode 4; ReelShort states it is an original production filmed in English with a real cast and crew.[15](https://www.reelshort.com/movie/dagger-kiss-enchanted-forest-68244ec4c9eccf95e00b3209)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Dagger Kiss - A Bold Lesbian Fantasy Web Series, The 7th Matrix (Rod T. Faulkner, February 17, 2016)](https://www.the7thmatrix.com/blog/2016/2/17/dagger-kiss)\n2. [Dagger Kiss, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/33938/dagger-kiss)\n3. [Dagger Kiss - watch tv show streaming online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/dagger-kiss)\n4. [Dagger Kiss - Aired Order - All Seasons, TheTVDB.com](https://thetvdb.com/series/dagger-kiss/allseasons/official)\n5. [Dagger Kiss (2016), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/es-es/title/tt5340782/)\n6. [Dagger Kiss : une websérie de fantasy lesbienne - Univers-L](https://www.univers-l.com/webserie-dagger-kiss.html)\n7. [Dagger Kiss (2016), Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/sv/show/dagger-kiss)\n8. [The Story, Dagger Kiss official website](https://www.daggerkiss.com/about-dagger-kiss/)\n9. [Episodes, Dagger Kiss official website](https://www.daggerkiss.com/episodes/)\n10. [Dagger Kiss, Univers-L (Lou Morin, December 28, 2016)](https://www.univers-l.com/dagger-kiss.html)\n11. [Tucky Williams: Experience \"Dagger Kiss\", Slice of SciFi (Summer Brooks, March 12, 2016)](https://www.sliceofscifi.com/2016/03/12/slice-of-scifi-755/)\n12. [Watch Now!, Dagger Kiss official website](https://www.daggerkiss.com/watch-now/)\n13. [Dagger Kiss 2, Will Phillips Music (November 16, 2016)](https://willphillipsmusic.com/2016/11/16/dagger-kiss-2/)\n14. [REVIEW: Lesbian Web Series \"Dagger Kiss\", All Things Lesbian (Lauren W, August 10, 2016)](https://allthingslesbeau.blogspot.com/2016/08/review-lesbian-web-series-dagger-kiss.html)\n15. [Dagger Kiss: Enchanted Forest, ReelShort](https://www.reelshort.com/movie/dagger-kiss-enchanted-forest-68244ec4c9eccf95e00b3209)\n16. [Dagger Kiss: Enchanted Forest review by KriiLunAus, Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/kriilunaus/film/dagger-kiss-enchanted-forest/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Web-native and streaming-original series › LGBT-related web series*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/dagger-kiss", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/dagger-kiss.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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