The Cleansing

Absolutely diabolical .waste of money.didn't go into enough details about characters in the movie

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

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.

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

I enjoyed this film, it was never boring for me. It's definitely better than most low-budget movies.

The settings in the forest and small village were nicely chosen for this type of movie, and the costumes are realistic for the historical time setting. And there is nothing seriously wrong with the plot, the direction, the acting or the screenwriting.