“Heretic” is scheduled for release nationwide on November 15.
(A24) A gif from the horror film “Heretic”, scheduled for release on November 15, 2024.
An upcoming horror film pits two missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints against—of all people—Hugh Grant.
A trailer for “Heretic,” billed by distributor A24 as “a spine-tingling psychological horror,” was released online Tuesday. The film is slated to release nationwide on November 15.
Here’s the studio’s synopsis for the film: “Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reid (Hugh Grant), caught in a deadly game of cat-and-. biceps.”
The trailer doesn’t mention the Salt Lake City-based faith by name, but the familiar elements of the missionary work — the black plastic name tags, the bicycles, the modest skirts — are evident.
The female (“sister”) missionaries are played by Sophie Thatcher (“Yellowjackets,” “The Boogeyman”) and Chloe East (“The Fabelmans”).
The film was written and directed by the film team of Scott Beck and Brian Woods, who co-wrote “A Quiet Place” and “The Boogeyman.” According to the Internet Movie Database, the film was shot in British Columbia.
