Heretic - Reviews

This smart, tense horror movie is almost all talk, and yet it manages to feel cinematic thanks to its cunning set design, editing, and camera movement, as well as three finely tuned performances.

Hugh Grant has devilishly dark fun in talky, twisty horror.

...a twisty A24 thriller that proves Scott Beck and Bryan Woods really can write dialogue when they want to.

...religious horror with a suave, dapper and evil Hugh Grant.

Hugh Grant is a horror natural.

...avoids condescending to its audience and allows a creeping fear to arise slowly and naturally from the proceedings, mostly through words and looks than garish spectacle.

Ever had Jesus freaks come to your door and try to convert you? If you have, you may feel surprisingly more empathy for the antagonist of Heretic than you’d expect.

...an unapologetically intellectual chiller that’s as challenging for the mind as it is for the nerves.

...easily one of the best horror movies of the year.

The terrifically tense Heretic will make you believe in the power of Hugh Grant.

Hugh Grant bedevils in Heretic, a theological debate wrapped in horror trappings.

Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East elevate the maze games of Heretic.

Audiences that give it a chance will be rewarded with something halfway intriguing and novel.

Hugh Grant descends further into the dark side as a scary scholar living deep in the woods.