The Cleansing
4.5
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.
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Cast
16 people
Rebecca Acock
Alice
Also in
The Watcher in the Woods
Rhys Meredith
Tom
Known for
A Very English Scandal
Apostle
Rhodri Davies
David Shillitoe
Antony Smith
Simon Nehan
The Cleanser
Known for
The Pembrokeshire Murders
Birdsong
Seán Carlsen
Walter
Known for
The Other Bennet Sister
Alison Lenihan
Victoria
Also in
Valley of the Witch
The Wedding Car
Abbie Hirst
Mary
Also in
Viking Legacy
King Arthur: Excalibur Rising
Luke Bailey
The Wanderer
Known for
Casualty
Trigger Point
Simon Pengelly
James
Also in
Frankenstein: Legacy
Fear the Invisible Man
Timmy Hodgson
Fire Demon
Antony Smith Director · David Shillitoe Writer
United States release November 15, 2019 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Tornado Studios
Production
Forkbeard Films
Production
Tornado Studios
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 5, 2019
Theatrical
United States · November 15, 2019
Digital
Germany
June 4, 2020 · Physical
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