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The Reckoning (2020)

The Reckoning poster
Directed by
Neil Marshall
Genre
horror film, adventure film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
16
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 232 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young widow in 1665 England is accused of witchcraft after her husband dies from the plague. She must fight to prove her innocence as she faces persecution and torture from a local magistrate.

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What happens

The Reckoning is a 2020 adventure horror film directed by Neil Marshall, from a screenplay by Marshall, Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell. It stars Kirk, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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