The Cleansing Hour
2019 · Movie · NR · 91 min · ★ 6.3 · 68% critics
Two social-media-savvy entrepreneurs build an online following by staging elaborate fake exorcisms. When a real demonic presence takes hold of someone close to them, their carefully controlled show turns into a terrifying fight to survive, with the spotlight suddenly feeling like a trap.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-10-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (271 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a fast, effects-heavy horror ride that mixes social media satire with possession chaos; Not for you if you dislike single-location stories or prefer straight-faced scares like The Cursed.
Pros: clever setup; good pacing; strong effects | Cons: thin story; single-location feel; sometimes unintentionally funny
Themes
- exorcism
- demon
- demonic possession
- found footage
- hoax
- social media
- screenlife
- livestream
- found footage adjacent
Cast & crew
Kyle Gallner
as Drew
Ryan Guzman
as Max
Alix Angelis
as Lane
Chris Lew Kum Hoi
as Chris
Emma Holzer
as Riley
Daniel Hoffmann-Gill
as Tommy
Joanna David
as Schoolmarm
Tara Karsian
as Voice of Possessed Lane (voice)
Giulia Nahmany
as Mom
- AA
Amrou Al-Kadhi
as Dante
Directed by Damien LeVeck