In a drought-stricken Mississippi town on the brink of disappearing, a grieving ex-preacher reunites with his estranged son—only to discover a shape-shifting force beneath the old church that “heals” by devouring grief, memory, and identity. As the town embraces the miracle and begins to forget itself, father and son must confront whether peace without pain is salvation... or annihilation.

SYNOPSIS:

Set in a drought-stricken Southern town, The Unclean follows Langston, a grief-hollowed ex-preacher who has abandoned faith after losing his wife and daughter. When his estranged teenage son returns home, the town begins to experience impossible miracles — crops bloom overnight, the sick are healed, and pain seems to vanish.

At the center of it all is Langston’s former church, now led by a woman offering comfort that feels too complete, too easy. As the town embraces its new salvation, Langston realizes the miracles are not gifts, but transactions — fed by grief, memory, and the desperate need to forget.

When his son disappears into the church’s influence, Langston must confront what’s buried beneath the soil — and within himself — before faith consumes what little family he has left.

Southern Gothic, emotionally grounded, and spiritually unsettling, The Unclean is a Black prestige horror film about grief, belief, and the danger of miracles that ask us to forget who we are.