Movie
The Reckoning
Overview
In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own inner demons as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.
Details
- Release date
- 2021-02-05
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Horror, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fourth Culture Films, BondIt Media Capital, Buffalo 8 Productions, Moviebar
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Charlotte Kirk as Grace Haverstock
- Sean Pertwee as John Moorcroft
- Steven Waddington as Squire Pendleton
- Joe Anderson as Joseph Haverstock
- Suzanne Magowan as Ursula
- Ian Whyte as Lucifer
- Callum Goulden as Edwin Oswald
- Sarah Lambie as Kate Tobias
- Leon Ockenden as Morton Tobias
- Emma Campbell-Jones as Jane Hawthorne
- Mark Ryan as Peck
- Bill Fellows as Sutter
Crew
- Neil Marshall - Director
- Edward Evers-Swindell - Screenplay
- Charlotte Kirk - Screenplay
- Neil Marshall - Screenplay
- Antony Jones - Story
- Edward Evers-Swindell - Story
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