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The Cleansing

  • 2019
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
426
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Rebecca Acock in The Cleansing (2019)
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A young girl in medieval Britain must watch her mother undergo torture and murder for practicing witchcraft by The Cleanser.A young girl in medieval Britain must watch her mother undergo torture and murder for practicing witchcraft by The Cleanser.A young girl in medieval Britain must watch her mother undergo torture and murder for practicing witchcraft by The Cleanser.

  • Director
    • Antony Smith
  • Writer
    • David Shillitoe
  • Stars
    • Luke Bailey
    • Sean Carlsen
    • Simon Nehan
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    426
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Antony Smith
    • Writer
      • David Shillitoe
    • Stars
      • Luke Bailey
      • Sean Carlsen
      • Simon Nehan
    • 19User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Luke Bailey
    • The Wanderer
    Sean Carlsen
    Sean Carlsen
    • Walter
    Simon Nehan
    • The Cleanser
    Rhys Meredith
    Rhys Meredith
    • Tom
    Simon Pengelly
    Simon Pengelly
    • James
    Abbie Hirst
    • Mary
    Richard Burman
    • Matthew
    Timmy Hodgson
    Timmy Hodgson
    • Fire Demon
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    Sarah-Louise Tyler
    • Matilda
    Richard Tunley
    • Huw
    Christopher Vowles
    • Geoffrey
    Rebecca Acock
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    • Director
      • Antony Smith
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      • David Shillitoe
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    3Hayden-86055

    Poor but entertaining in parts

    The Cleansing is a very neat looking film (on the DVD cover), the plot's basically about a plague and obviously the first suspect is a witch, people back then didn't have any idea of germs or how disease was spread so the plot in that sense is at least a bit feasible.

    Unfortunately despite its decent enough premise the film fails in the fun department instead going for a more serious and therefore corny story. However, the acting whilst not the best wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and just about holds together.

    Many missed opportunities for horror elements and decides to go for a more mystery based plot, with a lot of unnecessary character building scenes (especially when we find out who her new friend is) but I actually didn't mind the twist and at least it made the film a bit more memorable than perhaps it would be.

    3/10: Technically a bad film but I didn't feel like I wasted my time watching this
    9wolfen244

    Exceptionally Fun Ride

    I loved this little low-budget gem and you will too once you get involved with it. It's a bit slow for some folks. The heroine is not real verbose however her face tells more than a bunch of dialog and let's face it, her face is quite alluring. Where was I? On to the movie review. There's a lot of tension because of Tom the reverend not wanting to give up the chase so it's always in the back of your mind about what might happen at any given time. The fellow from Africa gives this a bit of a spin on things even though at first it seems as if Hollywood is trying to inject its usual liberal garbage as you wonder if the next shoe to drop will be Climate Change, but nope, there's a reason. The strange part is the Cleanser himself as you will have to make up your mind whether or not it strains the ending a bit or if it's really worth it. I really liked the ending even it was a bit predictable with all of the gore. Regardless, just grab some popcorn, fasten your seat belt and get set to have a little fun.
    1yosefherpderp

    Terrible..Predictable.. stereotypical..

    Everything that happens is so predictable and unrealistic and the script writer is mostly to blame for this atrocity.
    1akratosmc

    waste of time

    The movie is a waste of time, boring, absolutely no sense plot, not even a horror film.
    3missmartimar

    Ehh

    It had a really good start to movie. Great story line and a little different from some movies. I love biblical type movies but the middle and end of this movie was horrible. It was extremely slow. The ending wasn't satisfying.

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    • Release date
      • November 15, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A Purificação
    • Filming locations
      • South Wales, UK(on location)
    • Production company
      • Forkbeard Films
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      1 hour 37 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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