Black nametags that read “Elder” or “Sister.” A blue book with golden lettering across the top. White collared shirts and ties on the men, dresses on the women. This is iconography familiar to anyone ...
Before Chloe East read the script for “Heretic” — a horror film about a pair of Mormon missionaries — she was intrigued by the premise, but also “bummed out” by the log line. “I just thought it was ...
This article contains spoilers for the movie Heretic. When I was a Mormon missionary in Texas in the early 2000s, my ...
Heretic is about a pair of Mormon missionaries: Sister Barnes (played by Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (played by Chloe East) who get kidnapped by a creep named Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant, revealing he ...
"I just felt like I knew this character in my bones," East says. Hugh Grant gets top billing as Heretic's biggest star, but Chloe East and Sophie Thatcher are the heart and soul of the film. In the ...
Modern horror cinema’s most heterodox event took place on Saturday night, when two blonde Whitneys and A24 hosted dueling screenings at a multiplex within the southernmost border of Salt Lake City ...
A24’s latest horror thriller follows two missionaries trapped in a deadly game. Hugh Grant as a horror villain? Believe it.
While the new horror thriller "Heretic" features all the trademarks of its genre – a haunted house, diabolical captor and spine-chilling score – much of its ...
“Heretic” is an ascetic, tense thriller that places full faith in its acting talent. Filmmaking duo Bryan Woods and Scott Beck’s latest cerebral thriller enlightened audiences in theaters Friday, ...
Most of the pre-release attention for Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ A24 horror movie Heretic has focused on its perfect use of Hugh Grant as a polite predator. As seen in the film’s trailer, Grant plays ...
A24’s newest horror film “Heretic” just recently hit theaters Nov. 8 after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 8. After watching it myself, I believe “Heretic” is a strong film ...
Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part conversation. Part two will be published on Dec. 28. On March 10, 2000, a small, independent film premiered in theaters across Utah. “God’s Army” told the ...