The Clearing

2020

1h 30m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A weekend camping trip turns into a fight for survival when a man and his young daughter come under attack from bloodthirsty zombies.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

It's a mediocre horror flick with a lot of bloody action, and it's the kind of film where it's easy to know how everything's going to end even before the movie starts.

Sep 5, 2020

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Mark H. Harris

Black Horror Movies

McIntyre is adept at delivering the goods in the action scenes, rendered in intense fashion by first-time director David Matalon.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 22, 2020

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Matt Donato

Flickering Myth

The Clearing is a contained "infected" flick that suffers from its lack of world-building; a case of what is never cinematically acknowledged somehow becoming more interesting than the presented horrors at hand.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 5, 2020

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KURT G

Another stupid zombie movie where some idiot all of a sudden turns into Jean Claude Van Dam. Don't bother.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/18/24

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The people who wrote and directed this mess never watched a Zombie movie or talked to anyone who did. I would say watch it and see for yourself but I would not want to put you through the agony. Move on to your next choice.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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kelly f

A lot of the protagonist's decisions make no sense so it's hard to get behind him. Then again, there are some gaping holes in the sequences, annoying jiggly camera work and too close close-ups which may obscure some of what's happening and why. Either way the result is the same: a lot of sequences you are left scratching your head wondering how? Why? or What just happened?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Too many reviews fluff this movie up. While the actors honestly did an awesome job, they didn't have much to work with. An unlikable and cowardly father abandons his 10 year old child during a "zombie" apocalypse and hopes she survives while he holes up in his camper. Little dialog, unbelievable "action", and weak screenplay. Bad all around

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Saw it had a high rottentomatoes rating, so I gave it a shot. Turns out its high rating is due to obvious 5* spam reviews from throwaway accounts. This was a bog standard/run-of-the-mill zombie flick. The only interesting part was the parasite worms, but that aspect was just squandered and used as nothing more than gore effects.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Nope. This would be a good one for MST3K to review, though.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/30/20

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David Matalon

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Liam McIntyre

Tom

Aundrea Smith

Mira

Steven Swadling

The Ranger

Sydelle Noel

Naomi

David Matalon

Screenwriter

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Synopsis

A weekend camping trip turns into a fight for survival when a man and his young daughter come under attack from bloodthirsty zombies.

Director: David Matalon
Producer: Michael Davis, Wes Halula, Jafar Jafari, Ryan O'Nan
Screenwriter: David Matalon
Production Co: Room In The Sky Films, Lexicon Entertainment, The PanOptic Group, Core Vision Films, Alpha Studios
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 24, 2020
Runtime: 1h 30m

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