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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Reckoning
| image          = Reckoning_xlg.jpg
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [[Neil Marshall]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Daniel-Konrad Cooper
* Michael Marks
* Steffen Wild
* Esther Turan
}}
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* Neil Marshall
* [[Charlotte Kirk]]
* Edward Evers-Swindell
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* Charlotte Kirk
* [[Joe Anderson (actor)|Joe Anderson]]
* [[Steven Waddington]]
* [[Sean Pertwee]]
}}
| music          = [[Christopher Drake]]
| cinematography = Luke Bryant
| editing        = 
| studio         = Fourth Culture Films
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2020|8|20|[[Fantasia International Film Festival|Fantasia]]|2021|02|05|United States}}
| runtime        = 110 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fantasiafestival.com/en/film/the-reckoning|title=The Reckoning|website=[[Fantasia International Film Festival]]|access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref>
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = $596,806<ref name=BOM>{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2003206913/weekend/ |title= The Reckoning (2020) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NUM>{{cite web|url= https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Reckoning-The-(UK) |title= The Reckoning (2021) |work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>
}}
'''''The Reckoning''''' is a 2020 [[adventure film|adventure]] [[horror film]] directed by [[Neil Marshall]], from a screenplay by Marshall, [[Charlotte Kirk]] and Edward Evers-Swindell.<ref name="VUL">{{cite web |last1=McHenry |first1=Jackson |title=Actress Charlotte Kirk at the Center of Scandals Involving Two Studio Execs |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/charlotte-kirk-ron-meyer-kevin-tsujihara.html |website=Vulture |access-date=23 August 2020 |language=en-us |date=18 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Maddaus |first1=Gene |title=Director Neil Marshall Cancels 'The Reckoning' Q&A Amid Ron Meyer Firestorm |url=https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/neil-marshall-ron-meyer-cancel-reckoning-q-and-a-1234741863/ |access-date=23 August 2020 |work=Variety |date=20 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> It stars Kirk, [[Joe Anderson (actor)|Joe Anderson]], [[Steven Waddington]] and [[Sean Pertwee]]. The film follows a woman accused of being a witch after losing her husband to plague.

Filming took place in Budapest, Hungary. Both interior and exterior scenes were filmed at Fot Studios, [[Hungary]] on sets built and designed by Ian Bailie.

The film had its world premiere at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] on 20 August 2020 and was released to limited theaters and digital on 5 February 2021.

==Plot==
In 1665, after losing her husband during the [[Great Plague of London]] (1665–1666), Grace Haverstock (Kirk) is unjustly accused of being a witch and placed in the custody of England's most ruthless [[witch-hunt]]er, Judge Moorcroft (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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehdroom.com/bluray/the-reckoning-bluray-dvd-release-date-137174/|title='The Reckoning' Blu-ray and DVD Release Date and Details|date=4 March 2021}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{Castlist|* [[Charlotte Kirk]] as Grace
* [[Sean Pertwee]] as Moorcroft
* [[Steven Waddington]] as Pendleton
* [[Joe Anderson (actor)|Joe Anderson]] as Joseph
* [[Rick Warden]] as Rev Malcolm
* [[Mark Ryan (actor)|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
* [[Ian Whyte (actor)|Ian Whyte]] as The Devil
* Maximilian Slash Marton as The Stable Boy
* Wayne Brett as Heinrich
}}

==Filming==
While ''The Reckoning'' is set in Northern England in 1665, the film was shot entirely in Budapest, Hungary in 2019.

==Release==
The film had its world premiere at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] on 20 August 2020;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/charlotte-kirk-s-reckoning-open-virtual-fantasia-fest-1297465|title=Charlotte Kirk's 'The Reckoning' to Open Virtual Fantasia Fest|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|date=9 June 2020|access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref> its UK premiere at the [[London FrightFest Film Festival]] on 23 October 2020;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frightfest.co.uk/2020october/arrow-video-screen-1-friday-23rd-october-2020.html#thereckoning|title = Arrow Video Screen 1 Friday 23Rd October 2020}}</ref> and its US premiere at Beyond Fest in October 2020 as a physical event at a drive-in theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/beyond-fest-unveils-lineup-for-physical-2020-edition-amid-pandemic|title = Beyond Fest Unveils Lineup for Physical 2020 Edition Amid Pandemic| website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date = 18 September 2020}}</ref> The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD in the USA by [[RLJE Films]] on 6 April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehdroom.com/bluray/the-reckoning-bluray-dvd-release-date-137174/|title='The Reckoning' Blu-ray and DVD Release Date and Details|date=4 March 2021}}</ref>

===Reception===
The film received negative reviews from critics. It currently holds a score of {{RT data|score}} on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], with the consensus reading, "Thematically and visually unpleasant, ''The Reckoning'' wallows in the same violent misogyny it purports to condemn."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_reckoning_2021|title=The Reckoning|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film received a score of 31 out of 100 based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt9182964}}

{{Neil Marshall}}

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