Tagline: We all have our demons.
The Master Cleanse Movie Storyline. Depressed and disappointed with his life after losing his job and his fiancée, Paul Berger attends a selection seminar for “Let’s Get Pure,” a secretive self-help program created by Ken Roberts. At the selection meeting, Paul takes an interest in fellow applicant Maggie Jameson. Paul is selected for the program’s purification retreat. Paul is hesitant to sign a liability waiver that mentions the possibility of death, but agrees to participate after learning that Maggie was also selected.
Paul is escorted by car to the retreat’s secluded woodland location. There he meets Fredericks, who has been participating in the program for several weeks. Paul and Maggie also learn that two other applicants, Eric and his girlfriend Laurie, were selected to join the retreat too.
Lily conducts the program. Each of the new participants is given four personally-formulated cleanse drinks that they are to consume before the end of the first day. Because of their horrible taste, Laurie is unable to finish her fourth drink while everyone else completes the first stage of cleansing. Paul gets sick during the night and throws up in the sink. The next day, a small creature emerges from the sink’s drainpipe. The creature grows as time goes by. Paul nurtures his creature, realizing it is a physical manifestation of the negativity he purged from his system.
Maggie tries to leave the camp when she first confronts her creature, but Lily convinces her to stay. Eric spends time with his creature while Laurie is bedridden with an illness from having not completed her cleanse. Paul discovers Fredericks in battle with his creature, which has grown into a more monstrous form with time, in Fredericks’ cabin. Fredericks insists that the situation is his to handle.
The Cleanse is a 2016 American dark fantasy comedy film written and directed by Bobby Miller. The film stars Johnny Galecki, Anna Friel, Oliver Platt, Anjelica Huston, Kyle Gallner, Kevin J. O’Connor, and Diana Bang. The film was released on May 4, 2018, by Vertical Entertainment.
The Master Cleanse (2018)
Directed by: Bobby Miller
Starring: Johnny Galecki, Anna Friel, Oliver Platt, Anjelica Huston, Kyle Gallner, Kevin J. O’Connor, Diana Bang, Loretta Walsh, Barbara Gruen, Mark Acheson, Craig Michaelson
Screenplay by: Bobby Miller
Production Design by: Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.
Cinematography by: Michael Fimognari
Film Editing by: Josh Crockett
Costume Design by: Tina Fiorda, Stacy Ellen Rich
Set Decoration by: Louise Roper
Music by: Eskmo, Russ Howard, Rob Simonsen
MPAA Rating: R for language including some sexual references.
Distributed by: Vertical Entertainment, Sony Pictures
Release Date: May 4, 2018
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