Cults are scary enough on their own, right? However, if you’re talking about a cult that features young, creepy children with bleach-blonde hair, that just makes it almost unbearably weird. That’s what we’re dealing with in the new series, “The Clearing.”
READ MORE: Summer 2023 TV Preview: 40 Must-See Shows To Watch
As seen in the trailer for the new Hulu series, “The Clearing” follows the story of a woman who is trying to stop a cult leader from kidnapping and coercing innocent children. What exactly the woman does with the children and why she asks them if they’re reading for a “clearing” is still a mystery. Needless to say, this has the potential to be one of the most disturbing series of 2023.
The cast includes Teresa Palmer (“Discovery of Witches“), Miranda Otto (“Homeland“), Guy Pearce (“Mare of Easttown“), Hazem Shammas (“Safe Harbour“), Mark Coles-Smith (“Mystery Road“), Kate Mulvany (“The Twelve“) and Julia Savage (“Blaze“). “The Clearing” is co-created and written by Elise McCredie and Matt Cameron.
“The Clearing” debuts on Hulu on May 24. You can watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
The Clearing” is an eight-part psychological thriller based on the best-selling crime thriller ‘In The Clearing’ by author J.P. Pomare, inspired by the darkness of real-life cults in Australia and around the world. Filmed across Victoria, “The Clearing” is an emotional and psychological thriller that follows the nightmares of a cult and a woman who’s forced to face the demons from her past in order to stop the kidnapping and coercion of innocent children in the future. The series burrows under the skin and inside the mind, blurring the lines between past and present, reality and nightmare in a truly unnerving way.