The Reckoning
“Fear spreads like The Plague.”
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.
A suffocating descent into medieval paranoia. This film feels like a cold, damp cell, where fear and faith twist into something monstrous. It’s a brutal, unflinching look at societal hysteria and personal torment.
