Movie review: Sinister Hugh Grant charms, menaces in 'Heretic'

25 Oct 2024, 06:21 by Fred Topel · UPI

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Most religious horror movies take for granted that The Devil or Antichrist are real. Heretic, which screened at AFI Fest in Hollywood, Calif, cleverly makes debate part of the horror.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints missionaries Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East) knock on Mr. Reed's (Hugh Grant) door. He invites them inside out of the rain.