Removal
dir. Nick Simon · 2010
Experiencing trauma can unravel one's sense of reality and lead to a profound struggle for identity and sanity.
Dive into the chilling world of "Removal," where the ghosts of trauma haunt a lonely cleaner tasked with cleansing more than just a stately home. This psychological horror film weaves an unsettling narrative of moral ambiguity and mental unraveling, ensuring that viewers are kept on the edge of their seats.
Witnessing a murder and a suicide caused Cole to have hallucinations that cost him his marriage and job. Now working as a cleaner he must clean a stately home outside of the city, owned by the sadistic Henry.
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Cole is a likeable regular guy. Except that ever since he witnessed a gruesome murder-suicide, things haven't been quite right. His wife left him, he is tormented by hallucinations and his career has nosedived into a blue collar job with a carpet cleaning service. Just when it seems his life has reached bottom, Cole is called out on an all-night cleaning job in an Italianate mansion far from the city.
For company he has Henry, the rich, condescending homeowner who seems to take sadistic pleasure in letting Cole think he has just murdered his wife. A reddish stain on the carpet, a knife hacking into baked rabbit, a cell phone that won't stop ringing - does it add up to murder or is Cole losing his last handhold on his fragile sanity?
