The Cleansing Hour

The story revolves around young entrepreneurs who have their own nightly stream and broadcast a fake exorcism, but trouble arises when a real demon enters their show and they suddenly can't handle it. The idea is definitely unusual and at least it brings something new to the sub-genre, the make-up effects are okay, the humour works occasionally, there are scares and the film doesn't get downright boring, so it's good for killing time. Fans of exorcisms can add an extra 10%. 50% (2019.11.08)

I enjoyed the American production The Cleansing Hour which was surprising as it is a horror movie that is quite corny at its core. However, it had an interesting approach, was relatively innovative, aware of its weak spots, and did not try to be too serious. Although you feel like you should perhaps be purely entertained, it also has some depth to it. (2020.02.14)

A horror film with comedic elements about a filmmaking team producing a popular exorcism show on the Internet, and the latest live broadcast (with hired actors and pre-arranged tricks, of course) is suddenly disrupted by a real demon that nicely disrupts the viewership. The story, built on an attractive theme, disturbs the horror atmosphere with comic elements, the effectiveness of which, however, is slightly variable, as well as some acting performances, alienating elements and the fluctuating tempo of the narrative. The film, mainly focusing on the perniciousness of lies, the healing power of forgiveness and the fascination with horror and violence, nevertheless still contains a sufficient number of ideas and juicy scenes, is able to consistently entertain from beginning to end and has several surprising points and a purely adorable conclusion that is able to aptly take jabs in all of the right places. (2019.10.12)

This is a modern, quite interesting and to some extent original take on the otherwise worn-out subgenre of horror movies about exorcism - which is important information all horror fans should pay attention to. Damien LeVeck has taken the modern trend of watching absolutely anything on the internet and turned it into a hilarious social satire that aims surprisingly high towards the end. Personally, I would have welcomed it more if the movie had rocked more towards either comedy or horror, because this movie is straddling the middle of both, a bit split between both directions, but otherwise I give it a solid thumbs up for being entertaining. A second viewing may come in handy after some time. [Sitges 2019] (2019.10.22)