The Reckoning, 2020. Directed by Neil Marshall. Starring Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steve Waddington, Joe Anderson, Leon Ockenden, Indianna Ryan, and Mark Ryan. SYNOPSIS: A young widow in the middle ages is accused of being a witch after her husband dies of the plague. The Reckoning is what happens when a genre filmmaker with a […]
Exclusive Interview – The Reckoning director Neil Marshall and star Charlotte Kirk
EJ Moreno speaks with Neil Marshall and Charlotte Kirk about their new film The Reckoning… In a Zoom interview, Neil Marshall and Charlotte Kirk join our host EJ Moreno to discuss their latest project, The Reckoning. This Great Plague-set horror film offers up a unique look at topics that feel surprisingly modern. The pair also […]
Movie Review – The Reckoning (2020)
The Reckoning, 2020. Directed by Neil Marshall. Starring Charlotte Kirk, Joe Anderson, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington, Rick Warden, Mark Ryan, Bill Fellows, Suzanne Magowan, Leon Ockenden, Sarah Lambie, Emma Campbell-Jones, and Ian Whyte. SYNOPSIS: Evelyn, a young widow haunted by the recent suicide of her husband Joseph, is falsely accused of being a witch by […]
Plague and paranoia spread in trailer for Neil Marshall’s witch hunt horror The Reckoning
Vertigo Releasing and Shudder have released a UK trailer for The Reckoning, the upcoming horror from Dog Soldiers and The Descent director Neil Marshall which follows Grace (Charlotte Kirk), a widow who is forced to endure both physical and mental torture at the hands of the ruthless witch hunter (Sean Pertwee) after she is unjustly […]
Neil Marshall to direct action horror The Lair
Neil Marshall, the man behind The Descent and the recent Hellboy reboot, looks set to scare audiences with another one of his horror offerings. Though he just wrapped The Reckoning starring Charlotte Kirk, Variety has revealed that Marshall is already prepping his next project, the action horror The Lair, which he will produce and direct. […]
October Horrors 2020 – The Descent (2005)
The Descent, 2005. Directed by Neil Marshall. Starring Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring and Nora-Jane Noone. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends on a spelunking holiday themselves trapped within the complex maze of dead ends cramped caves. Their ordeal is only worsened when they are forced to fight for survival against […]
Neil Marshall’s werewolf masterpiece Dog Soldiers coming to 4K in the UK
Vertigo Releasing has announced that they are planning a release of Dog Soldiers for the UK audiences, in a shiny brand-new 4K restoration. The release will come with some striking promotional artwork by legendary illustrator Chris Malbon, which you can find here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon UK In a film that many consider […]
Game of Thrones director Neil Marshall agrees that the final season felt “really rushed”
Former Game of Thrones director Neil Marshall has agreed with the fan backlash that the final season felt “really rushed” and explained how he would have taken a different approach to directing the battle scenes. “It’s very difficult to second guess those guys because they are geniuses and they have done such an amazing job,” Marshall shared […]
Neil Marshall fills out the cast of horror The Reckoning
Following the disappointing Hellboy reboot (where he reportedly endured a rather torrid time), Dog Soldiers and The Descent director Neil Marshall is going back to his roots for his next project, the low-budget period horror The Reckoning, and Deadline has revealed that the British filmmaker has filled out the cast of the movie. Set to […]
The R-Rating As a Selling Point: When Films Become Preoccupied With Their Rating
Tom Jolliffe looks at when films become pre-occupied with their rating…. We’ve seen this become increasingly more common. A reboot, a remake, or just as a counter to other films in the genre, there comes a desire to market a film as being (almost rebelliously) R rated. This weekend in fact, sees a prime example. […]
