‘The Reckoning’ Trailer: Neil Marshall Goes On A Witch Hunt In New Horror Movie
Neil Marshallmade a splash in the early 2000s with the werewolf horror movieDog Soldiersand the claustrophobic classicThe Descent. But then the British filmmaker made his way over to TV, directing episodes ofWestworld, Lost in Space, and most famously,Game of Thrones. His big-budget break wouldn’t be quite the success it was anticipated to be, with 2019’sHellboytanking both critically and commercially. But now Marshall is back in the good ol' horror genre, with a supernatural horror flick titledThe Reckoningstarring the infamousCharlotte Kirk. WatchThe Reckoningtrailer below.
The Reckoning Trailer
Does the name Charlotte Kirk ring a bell? It should: the British-born Australian actress wasat the center of a complex scandal that toppled not one, but two Hollywood executives: Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara and NBCUniversal vice-chairman Ron Meyer. Marshall himself had to field accusations of blackmail due to his involvement with Kirk and ended up beingdropped by his agencyafter the whole hoopla.
So Marshall and Kirk got to work withThe Reckoning,which Marshall directs from a script that the pair co-wrote withEdward Evers-Swindell. And we finally get to see what Kirk’s skills are as an actress, having only learned of her name after the sex scandals she was involved with. And…she seems fine. It’s kind of funny that she’s supposedly the protagonist of the film and she has all of three lines in the trailer, the rest of time she’s either strapped to torture devices or screaming in fear or shock. Kirk stars as Grace Haverstock, a woman who, after losing her husband during the Great Plague, is unjustly accused of being a witch and placed in the custody of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter, Judge Moorcroft (Sean Pertwee).The Reckoningalso starsJoe AndersonandSteven Waddington.
Here is the synopsis forThe Reckoning:
After losing her husband during the Great Plague, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) is unjustly accused of being a witch and placed in the custody of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter, Judge Moorcroft (Sean Pertwee). Forced to endure physical and emotional torture while steadfastly maintaining her innocence, Grace must face her own inner demons as the Devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.
The Reckoningwill be released theatrical and PVOD first by RLJE Films before debuting on Shudder.The Reckoningopens in theaters, On Demand and Digital HD onFebruary 5, 2021.
