PREVIEW: The Reckoning (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Charlotte Kirk (How to Be Single), Sean Pertwee (The 51st State), Steven Waddington (The Last of the Mohicans), Joe Anderson (Horns), Rick Warden (Pleasure Island), Mark Ryan (Transformers), Bill Fellows (Lady Macbeth), Suzanne Magowan (film debut), Leon Ockenden (The Cosmonaut), Sarah Lambie (film debut), Emma Campbell-Jones (6 Days), Ian Whyte (Prometheus), Maximilian Slash Marton (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers), director, writer, editor; Edward Evers-Swindell (Dark Signal) and Charlotte Kirk (film debut), writers; Daniel-Konrad Cooper (Big Significant Things), Michael Marks (film debut), Esther Turan (In the Same Garden) and Steffen Wild (Baseline), producers; Christopher Drake (Tusk), composer; Luke Bryant (Eliminators), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1665 England, young widow Grace (Kirk) is accused of being a witch by her sinister landlord Pendleton (Waddington), after she rejects his advances. Soon, she enacts her vengeance against her accusers…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Horror director Neil Marshall anchors this dark and intense historical thriller, co-written by its star Charlotte Kirk who also goes all-in with her extremely showy performance.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 16TH APRIL 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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