2021 · horror · drama · supernatural
The Reckoning
Directed by Neil Marshall1h 51m2021
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.
Our read: The Reckoning (2021) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · drama · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- cold
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