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* BigRedDevil: [[spoiler: Satan at the end take the form of a tall, horned and fiery demon with equally burning skin and eyes.]]
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* {{Expy}}: The demon possessed Lane is a woman tied to something whose skin during the possession is horrifingly rotten and mangled. [[Film/TheExorcist Sounds familiar ?]]
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* {{Expy}}: The demon possessed Lane is a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep-voiced]] woman tied to something whose skin during the possession is horrifingly rotten and mangled. [[Film/TheExorcist Sounds familiar ?]]
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Max and Drew insist on keeping the feed going for fear that Lane will be killed by the Demon possessing her - [[spoiler: which is all part of Satan's BatmanGambit to simultaneously possess millions of people through that livestream]].
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* {{Expy}}: The demon possessed Lane is a woman tied to something whose skin during the possession is horrifingly rotten and mangled. [[Film/TheExorcist Sounds familiar ?]]
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-->'''[[spoiler: Satan]]: Satan]]''': He's not here right now.
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* DevilButNoGod: Invoked by [[spoiler: Satan himself at the end.]]
-->'''Drew''': Oh God.
-->'''[[spoiler: Satan]]: He's not here right now.
-->'''Drew''': Oh God.
-->'''[[spoiler: Satan]]: He's not here right now.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The demon's voice is this. [[spoiler: Although Satan's voice is even deeper.]]
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** Lane can be one too.
-->'''Lane''' (to Max): I'll do fine. I'll have to look at your face for an hour. It's more than enough to make a girl homicidal.
-->'''Lane''' (to Max): I'll do fine. I'll have to look at your face for an hour. It's more than enough to make a girl homicidal.
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** Max himself, [[spoiler:though he was never a priest to begin with and is actually a ConMan using his RaisedCatholic status to gain viewers and money from his fake altar cloths]].
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** Max himself, [[spoiler:though he was never a priest to begin with and is actually a ConMan using his RaisedCatholic status Catholic upbringing to gain viewers and money from his fake altar cloths]].
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* BittersweetEnding: And it is very, ''very'' bitter, bordering on a massive DownerEnding. [[spoiler:Satan's plan to get enough airtime to initiate TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt has most likely succeeded, with millions of people the world over having been driven to murderous rampages. But Max and Drew seem to have made peace, even if Max is still an unrepentantly selfish dick who doesn't seem to care that the entire world is falling apart at the seams since he got verified on Twitter.]]
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* DownerEnding: It couldn't possibly be more of one if it tried! [[spoiler:Satan's plan to get enough airtime to initiate TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt has most likely succeeded, with millions of people the world over having been driven to murderous rampages. Additionally, Max seems to have learned absolutely nothing from the torments that he's been through, still being a self-absorbed asshole who doesn't seem to care at all that the world has been plunged into chaos, because he got his blue Twitter checkmark.]]
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I forgot the demon's name is a bit of a spoiler.
* BittersweetEnding: And it is very, ''very'' bitter, bordering on a massive DownerEnding. [[spoiler:Satan's plan to get enough airtime to initiate TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt has most likely succeeded, with millions of people the world over having been driven to murderous rampages. But Max and Drew seem to have made peace, even if Max is still an unrepentantly selfish dick who doesn't seem to care that the entire world is falling apart at the seams since he got verified on Twitter.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Whenever you expect that Max is about to show he has a decent side, he just comes up with a bunch of shallow excuses for the next awful thing Aamon reveals about him. [[spoiler:At the end, he smiles when he sees that he's been verified, [[ItsAllAboutMe even though the entire world has probably just fallen into chaos]]]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Whenever you expect that Max is about to show he has a decent side, he just comes up with a bunch of shallow excuses for the next awful thing Aamon the demon reveals about him. [[spoiler:At the end, he smiles when he sees that he's been verified, [[ItsAllAboutMe even though the entire world has probably just fallen into chaos]]]].
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* DragQueen: Dante/Scarlett is one hired for the latest webcast that ends up going horribly awry. They're dragged off by demons as they're looking for the studio.
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Long time friends Max and Drew have a webcast show, the titular ''Cleansing Hour'', where they perform fake exorcisms while millions of viewers across the world watch. But one night, they bite off more than they can chew, and catch the attention of a real demon who wants Max to confess his sins.
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Long time friends and entrepreneurs Max and Drew have a webcast show, the titular ''Cleansing Hour'', where they perform fake exorcisms while millions of viewers across the world watch. But one night, they bite off more than they can chew, and catch the attention of a real demon who wants Max to confess his sins.
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* ForWantOfANail: A really dark example. If Max had just cut the feed at the end like Lane urged, [[spoiler:then Satan wouldn't have been able to broadcast his message]].
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* NunsAreSpooky: And sadistic, at that. Played straight when Max is confronted with an apparition of the nun who tormented him and Drew as children.
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* SexyPriest: Max has a ''lot'' of groupies. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he's not a priest after all]].
* ShamefulStrip: Not taking the exorcism seriously, one of Max's groupies suggests he strips to help save Lane. The demon agrees with the suggestion, so he has little choice in the matter. Then he's forced to hurt himself to go any further.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In most versions of the ''Literature/ArsGoetia'', [[spoiler:"Aamon" is spelled with a single "A"]].
* ShamefulStrip: Not taking the exorcism seriously, one of Max's groupies suggests he strips to help save Lane. The demon agrees with the suggestion, so he has little choice in the matter. Then he's forced to hurt himself to go any further.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In most versions of the ''Literature/ArsGoetia'', [[spoiler:"Aamon" is spelled with a single "A"]].
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''The Cleansing Hour'' is a 2020 Shudder Original.
Long time friends Max and Drew have a webcast show, the titular ''Cleansing Hour'', where they perform fake exorcisms while millions of viewers across the world watch. But one night, they bite off more than they can chew, and catch the attention of a real demon who wants Max to confess his sins.
----
!!Tropes featured in this movie include:
* AssholeVictim: Debatable. While Max's crew was helping him with his con, they probably did ''not'' deserve to die the way they did.
* BadHabits:
** The SadistTeacher nun who forced Max and Drew to repent through horrific means such as kneeling on yardsticks with bottle caps facing upwards as they recite Hail Marys.
** Max himself, [[spoiler:though he was never a priest to begin with and is actually a ConMan using his RaisedCatholic status to gain viewers and money from his fake altar cloths]].
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Lane's possession was all a part of Satan's plan to get just enough airtime so he could corrupt a few million souls into mass murder]].
* BlackSpeech: Whatever language [[spoiler:Satan]] speaks. It's also a [[spoiler:BrownNote that probably dooms the entire world]].
* BreakTheCutie: Poor Lane gets possessed and used to force Max into confessing to his lies.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:As a child, Max accidentally killed the nun who was beating Drew for trying to help him in his penance]].
* DeadpanSnarker: The demon.
-->'''Demon:''' (sees a crew member's fire tattoos on his wrists) Nice tattoos. What are you, some kind of tough guy?
* DisproportionateRetribution: Student draws a picture of Satan in class? Force him to kneel on upward-facing bottle caps while he repents.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Very strongly implied at the end. Millions of Max's viewers possessed, going on worldwide rampages, even the president of the United States is murdered by his own son. It's pretty safe to assume that the world is screwed. A man holding up a sign in the end credits spells it out in case it wasn't obvious already]].
* EvilChef: Justified, as the chefs were [[spoiler:possessed by Satan's incantation when they started killing the non-possessed]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Aamon is successfully cast out from Lane at the end, and everything seems to be on its way back to relative normality, until the charred corpse of one of the crew members rises to his feet, and Satan breaks free from the shell, speaking some BrownNote incantation while millions of viewers watch and are possessed]].
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: The nun forced Max to recite his penance without help from Drew, and if Drew tried to help him, she'd grip the back of his head tighter.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Whenever you expect that Max is about to show he has a decent side, he just comes up with a bunch of shallow excuses for the next awful thing Aamon reveals about him. [[spoiler:At the end, he smiles when he sees that he's been verified, [[ItsAllAboutMe even though the entire world has probably just fallen into chaos]]]].
* NobleDemon: Averted with [[spoiler:Aamon]]. He seems to at first be trying to force Max to confess his wrongs, but he brutally kills several of his crew members and repeatedly threatens to kill the innocent Lane. [[spoiler:Then any traces of the "noble" part is averted wholesale with TheReveal that it was all a gambit by Satan to bring the human race to its knees]].
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:The president's son, no less!]]
* WhamLine: Several towards the climax, but one in particular stands out.
-->'''[[spoiler:Charred corpse:]]''' [[spoiler:It was ''my'' database.]][[labelnote:note]]Drew uses a website called The Devil's Database that contains the names and the banishing rites for every demon.[[/labelnote]]
''The Cleansing Hour'' is a 2020 Shudder Original.
Long time friends Max and Drew have a webcast show, the titular ''Cleansing Hour'', where they perform fake exorcisms while millions of viewers across the world watch. But one night, they bite off more than they can chew, and catch the attention of a real demon who wants Max to confess his sins.
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!!Tropes featured in this movie include:
* AssholeVictim: Debatable. While Max's crew was helping him with his con, they probably did ''not'' deserve to die the way they did.
* BadHabits:
** The SadistTeacher nun who forced Max and Drew to repent through horrific means such as kneeling on yardsticks with bottle caps facing upwards as they recite Hail Marys.
** Max himself, [[spoiler:though he was never a priest to begin with and is actually a ConMan using his RaisedCatholic status to gain viewers and money from his fake altar cloths]].
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Lane's possession was all a part of Satan's plan to get just enough airtime so he could corrupt a few million souls into mass murder]].
* BlackSpeech: Whatever language [[spoiler:Satan]] speaks. It's also a [[spoiler:BrownNote that probably dooms the entire world]].
* BreakTheCutie: Poor Lane gets possessed and used to force Max into confessing to his lies.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:As a child, Max accidentally killed the nun who was beating Drew for trying to help him in his penance]].
* DeadpanSnarker: The demon.
-->'''Demon:''' (sees a crew member's fire tattoos on his wrists) Nice tattoos. What are you, some kind of tough guy?
* DisproportionateRetribution: Student draws a picture of Satan in class? Force him to kneel on upward-facing bottle caps while he repents.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Very strongly implied at the end. Millions of Max's viewers possessed, going on worldwide rampages, even the president of the United States is murdered by his own son. It's pretty safe to assume that the world is screwed. A man holding up a sign in the end credits spells it out in case it wasn't obvious already]].
* EvilChef: Justified, as the chefs were [[spoiler:possessed by Satan's incantation when they started killing the non-possessed]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Aamon is successfully cast out from Lane at the end, and everything seems to be on its way back to relative normality, until the charred corpse of one of the crew members rises to his feet, and Satan breaks free from the shell, speaking some BrownNote incantation while millions of viewers watch and are possessed]].
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: The nun forced Max to recite his penance without help from Drew, and if Drew tried to help him, she'd grip the back of his head tighter.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Whenever you expect that Max is about to show he has a decent side, he just comes up with a bunch of shallow excuses for the next awful thing Aamon reveals about him. [[spoiler:At the end, he smiles when he sees that he's been verified, [[ItsAllAboutMe even though the entire world has probably just fallen into chaos]]]].
* NobleDemon: Averted with [[spoiler:Aamon]]. He seems to at first be trying to force Max to confess his wrongs, but he brutally kills several of his crew members and repeatedly threatens to kill the innocent Lane. [[spoiler:Then any traces of the "noble" part is averted wholesale with TheReveal that it was all a gambit by Satan to bring the human race to its knees]].
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:The president's son, no less!]]
* WhamLine: Several towards the climax, but one in particular stands out.
-->'''[[spoiler:Charred corpse:]]''' [[spoiler:It was ''my'' database.]][[labelnote:note]]Drew uses a website called The Devil's Database that contains the names and the banishing rites for every demon.[[/labelnote]]
