The Reckoning

PLAGUE AND PARANOIA IN NEIL MARSHALL’S TIMELY NEW WITCH HUNT CHILLER

Out on:Download 16th April 2021
Theatrical 16th April 2021

THE DESCENT DIRECTOR NEIL MARSHALL RETURNS TO HIS HORROR ROOTS THIS APRIL

AMC Networks’ Shudder, in partnership with Vertigo Releasing, announces the arrival of period horror THE RECKONING, from top genre director Neil Marshall (The Descent, Dog Soldiers, Game of Thrones) in cinemas and on digital platforms from 16th April.

Neil Marshall returns to the genre that made his name, reuniting with Dog Soldiers star Sean Pertwee, and featuring a striking lead performance from Charlotte Kirk (who also co-wrote the script) as a widow accused of being a witch.

It’s Witchfinder General for the Covid era, featuring a star-making turn from Kirk (Ocean’s Eight), who turns from tortured victim to fierce avenger; and a fantastic performance from Pertwee as a superbly sinister judge. Marshall, who directed episodes of Game of Thrones and Black Sails, knows how to mount a thrilling action set-piece, and piles on lashings of blood and thunder - and even a skin-crawling appearance from the devil - to tell this tale of a woman wronged seeking vengeance. With touches of Hammer horror and recent cult hits The Witch and The Nightingale, THE RECKONING is, as BritFlicks says, “a proper rip-roaring yarn”.

SYNOPSIS
Set against the backdrop of the Great Plague and subsequent witch-hunts against women, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) must grapple with the tragic untimely death of her husband Joseph (Joe Anderson) in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects her landlord Squire Pendleton’s (Steven Waddington) advances, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. Grace must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter Judge Moorcroft (Sean Pertwee) and face her own inner demons as the Devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.

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RELEASE INFORMATION

Distributor
Vertigo Releasing
Certificate
15
In Cinemas
16th April, 2021
Release date
16th April, 2021
Digital release
16th April, 2021

KEY TALENT INFORMATION

Director
Neil Marshall
Stars
  • Charlotte Kirk
  • Joe Anderson
  • Steven Waddington
  • Sean Pertwee

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