Thriller · Mystery
The Reckoning
An American man’s will stipulates his ashes be spread at a French chateau he visited years previous. Caught off guard, his disabled widow and two sons are forced overseas to fulfill the strange request. Haunted by his dead father once there, the eldest son unearths a dark family secret that leads to a horrifying outcome.
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graeaehorror
2/27/2026
Screened at Black Sunday Film Festival. Inspired by Guy de Maupassant’s 1888 novel “Pierre et Jean”, The Reckoning is a modern drama with a psychological and haunting edge. Brian and Nick are estranged brothers who unexpectedly lose their father. The will stipulates they must travel to a chateau in France to scatter his ashes and we learn that on this request, one son will receive a large inheritance. This leads to the family’s already tense relationship to fracture further, with suspicion and distrust building. Add into the mix haunting images of their late father and a newly unearthed dark family secret and you have The Reckoning. Shot in just 18 days with a crew of the same number, this independent feature is a wonderfully directed piece of haunting cinema. It plays well on th
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