Following the misfire of 2019’s “Hellboy” reboot, “The Descent” director Neil Marshall returns to his traditional horror roots with “The Reckoning,” an uneven melodrama about an innocent young widow accused of witchcraft during the Great Plague of London, 1665. Striving to be a rousing tale of female empowerment in the face of brutal patriarchy and religious extremism, “The Reckoning” has some powerful moments but relies too heavily on fantasy sequences to deliver scares, and its credibility is significantly compromised by the heroine consistently emerging from extreme torture sessions with barely a hair out of place or a smudge on her makeup. Dedicated horror hounds will be the main takers when this well-produced item hits U.S. theaters and VOD on February 5.
A world apart from arty contemporary folk-horrors such as “The Witch” and “Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse,” Marshall’s new film is more closely related to hellfire European exploitation titles of...
A world apart from arty contemporary folk-horrors such as “The Witch” and “Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse,” Marshall’s new film is more closely related to hellfire European exploitation titles of...
- 2/3/2021
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
"The Reckoning" is the new Hungarian-lensed adventure horror feature directed by Neil Marshall, from a screenplay by Marshall, Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell, starring Kirk, Joe Anderson, Steven Waddington and Sean Pertwee:
"...in Northern England, circa 1665, set against the backdrop of the 'Great Plague' and subsequent 'Witch Hunts', 'Grace' (Kirk) is accused of being a witch after losing her husband to the deadly virus, spread by rats..."
Cast also includes Rick Warden as 'Rev Malcolm', Mark Ryan as 'Peck', Bill Fellows as 'Sutter', Suzanne Magowan as 'Ursula', Leon Ockenden as 'Morton', Sarah Lambie as 'Kate', Emma Campbell-Jones as 'Jane' and Maximilian Slash Marton as 'The Stable Boy'.
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"...in Northern England, circa 1665, set against the backdrop of the 'Great Plague' and subsequent 'Witch Hunts', 'Grace' (Kirk) is accused of being a witch after losing her husband to the deadly virus, spread by rats..."
Cast also includes Rick Warden as 'Rev Malcolm', Mark Ryan as 'Peck', Bill Fellows as 'Sutter', Suzanne Magowan as 'Ursula', Leon Ockenden as 'Morton', Sarah Lambie as 'Kate', Emma Campbell-Jones as 'Jane' and Maximilian Slash Marton as 'The Stable Boy'.
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- 10/13/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Writer-director Neil Marshall has firmed his next action thriller, The Reckoning. He has set Joe Anderson (The Crazies), Steven Waddington (The Imitation Game) and Sean Pertwee (Gotham) to star alongside Charlotte Kirk (Vice).
Marshall, whose films include The Descent and Dog Soldiers, also has set Leon Ockenden (Mr. Selfridge), Emma Campbell-Jones (Doctor Who), Callum Goulden (Ghost Stories), Suzanne Magowan (Samantha), Indianna Ryan (The A List), Mark Ryan (Transformers), Oliver Trevena (The Angel) and newcomer Sarah Lambie to join previously cast Bill Fellows, Emma Holzer, Rick Warden and Ian Whyte.
Highland Film Group is selling world rights on the picture, from a script by Edward Evers-Swindell (The Descent), Kirk and Marshall. Steffen Wild of Fourth Culture Films and Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films are producing, with Esther Turan of Moviebar Productions and Sean Wheelan of Filmgate Films co-producing. Exec producers are Goldrush Entertainment’s Eric Gozlan and Richard Iott,...
Marshall, whose films include The Descent and Dog Soldiers, also has set Leon Ockenden (Mr. Selfridge), Emma Campbell-Jones (Doctor Who), Callum Goulden (Ghost Stories), Suzanne Magowan (Samantha), Indianna Ryan (The A List), Mark Ryan (Transformers), Oliver Trevena (The Angel) and newcomer Sarah Lambie to join previously cast Bill Fellows, Emma Holzer, Rick Warden and Ian Whyte.
Highland Film Group is selling world rights on the picture, from a script by Edward Evers-Swindell (The Descent), Kirk and Marshall. Steffen Wild of Fourth Culture Films and Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films are producing, with Esther Turan of Moviebar Productions and Sean Wheelan of Filmgate Films co-producing. Exec producers are Goldrush Entertainment’s Eric Gozlan and Richard Iott,...
- 8/5/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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