Back in 1348 the Black Death was ravaging England and, with superstition rampant, scapegoats were being sought. A young monk has a secret lover whom he advises to retreat to her native woods, but to follow her means abandoning his monastery and betraying God. His opportunity arises with the arrival a band of men (think the Inquisition), who seek out an isolated village near the woods where the locals have supposedly avoided death by following the practices of a necromancer. It is in this villa find out more...

A young disgraced priest falls in with a small travelling theatre while roaming the countryside. Arriving in a small town the group are witness to the trial of a woman accused of witchcraft and murder. Suspicious that all is not as it would like to appear the actors decide to put on a play based on the events they have observed, a decision that begins to unravel the dark collusion surrounding the woman's trial. The Reckoning is a visually rich medieval whodunit that sits comfortably in the shado find out more...

Set against the background of the English Civil War, this tale of the violent persecution of alleged witches by the eponymous central character is a masterpiece of 60's British cinema. Excellent performances, (especially Vincent Price's), complement evocative use of scenery. One point of interest is the changes in film stock, which makes the film appear redder at the end than at the beginning, a deliberate ploy on behalf of the director who uses the deepening crimson to symbolise the story's find out more...