Neil Marshall's The Reckoning, which stars his fiancee, Charlotte Kirk, is set to receive a U.S. premiere at the Beyond Fest in Los Angeles at the Mission Tiki Drive-In Theatre on Tuesday night.
Marshall's period drama is set against the backdrop of England's Great Plague and subsequent witch hunts. Kirk plays the role of Evelyn Haverstock, a young widow facing the recent suicide of her husband and who is falsely accused of being a witch by her jealous landlord after she rejects his unwanted sexual overtures.
Earlier, the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal opened its virtual edition with a special screening of The Reckoning. Marshall and Kirk pulled out of a planned virtual Q&A at Fantasia on opening night.
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