TV series

The Clearing

2023 · 1 season

A slow, unsettling psychological puzzle that burrows into past trauma and keeps you tense and uneasy throughout.

Overview: When a local girl goes missing, a woman is forced to face the demons from her traumatic childhood.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, isolation, obsession, power
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
isolation
obsession
power
identity
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild