"They came to destroy evil. But it had been waiting for them."
Set during the height of the Black Death in 14th-century Europe, Black Death (2025) is a harrowing plunge into the rot of fear, faith, and the monstrous unknown. This is not just a historical horror — it’s a descent into moral decay, where the real infection spreads through the soul.
As entire villages fall to the plague, a young monk named Thomas (George MacKay) is sent with a group of mercenaries, led by the brutal Ulric (Mads Mikkelsen), to investigate a remote settlement untouched by disease. Whispers claim the village is led by a woman who performs miracles. Others call her a witch. The Church wants answers — or absolution through fire.
But when they arrive, the truth is more unsettling than heresy. The village is alive — too alive. Free of death, free of guilt… and free of God. What began as a mission of judgment turns into a reckoning of belief, as the line between divine mercy and demonic pact blurs. Is the plague punishment — or mercy compared to what’s been hidden?
As paranoia mounts, and trust erodes within the group, each man must face not only the horrors outside, but the darkness he brought with him. Black Death is a film of fevered atmosphere, thick with dread and despair, echoing the nihilism of The Witch and the savagery of The Wicker Man.
Because when the world ends slowly… something else begins to rise.