The Clearing is a 2020 movie starring Liam McIntyre.
A father-daughter pair go camping to bond, but it goes awry when a zombie apocalypse hits.
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- Actor Allusion: Liam McIntyre's character's daughter is named Mira, the same name of his second lover in Spartacus.
- Bittersweet Ending: Tom reunites with Mira, but they still have to contend with a zombie apocalypse.
- Bottle Episode: Most of the movie takes place in the trailer, which is always surrounded by zombies. Without much resources, Tom can't do anything to escape.
- Chekhov's Gun:
- The derelict fort that Tom and Mira find at the top of the mountain? Mira goes there to hide from the zombies and wait for her dad.
- Tom teaching Mira about using fire for smoke signals comes in handy when she uses it to show her dad that she's at the fort.
- Driven to Suicide: After seeing Mira's jacket with a bunch of zombies, Tom assumes they got her. Finding another bullet in the vent, he puts his revolver to his mouth, but after some hesitation, decides against it.
- Pop-Cultural Osmosis: Tom's response to Mira saying she likes The Amazing World of Gumball: "The amazing world of what?".
- Red Herring:
- At one point, Tom starts coughing and is visibly sick after fighting some zombies, though he ends up getting better.
- Shout-Out: Mira says that she likes The Amazing World of Gumball.
- Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Tom barfs after ripping a zombie's arm off when it got jammed in the trailer's door.
- Why Couldn't You Be Different?: Mira quietly tells her dad that she can act more like a boy if he wants, believing that he doesn't want to spend time with her because she's a girl. Hearing this shocks Tom over the damage his indifference to her has done.
