Film

The Cleansing

2019 · 1h 34m · Drama · Horror · Thriller

IMDb

4.4

Set in a small isolated village in 14th century Wales, Alice is a sixteen year old girl who is accused of being a witch and causing the plague that has ravaged the village, taking the lives of many, including Alice's own father. When it is revealed that Alice has been hiding her mother's infection, she is forced to watch The Cleanser, an ominous masked figure, brutally dispatch her mother. The town preacher and de-facto leader Tom has eyes for Alice, and subjects her to five torturous trials after she spurns his advances. Escaping the night before her execution, with the help of her mother's friend Mary, she flees into the forest and discovers the secluded hut of a mysterious healer, with his own troubled past and demons to face. He nurses her back to health, and teaches her how to exact revenge upon those that persecuted her.

Rebecca Acock

Alice

Rhys Meredith

Tom

Simon Nehan

The Cleanser

Alison Lenihan

Victoria

Abbie Hirst

Mary

Luke Bailey

The Wanderer

Simon Pengelly

James

• Antony SmithDirector
• David ShillitoeWriter

Release date

August 5, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

16

Genres

Drama, Horror, Thriller