The BBC has caused controversy today with the news that Steve Coogan has been cast as Jimmy Savile in a new drama entitled The Reckoning, which is said to delve into how the paedophile used his powerful connections and celebrity status to hide his heinous crimes. “To play Jimmy Savile was not a decision I […]
Movie Review – The Reckoning (2020)
The Reckoning, 2020. Directed by Neil Marshall. Starring Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington, Suzanne Magowan and Sarah Lambie. SYNOPSIS: Grieving the death of her husband due to the Great Plague, a woman is tortured in the wake of accusations that she is a witch. There’s a big spectre which looms ominously over any British […]
Movie Review – The Reckoning (2020)
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 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 […]
Hellboy helmer Neil Marshall to direct horror The Reckoning
British filmmaker Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) is set to follow the upcoming Hellboy reboot with The Reckoning, a horror set up at MoviePass Films. Marshall – whose recent directing credits include episodes of Game of Thrones, Westworld and Lost in Space – has written with Edward Evers-Swindell (Dark Signal) and actress Charlotte Kirk […]
