Yahoo News Hugh Grant Gets Creepy and Traps Two Young Mormon Missionaries in A24’s ‘Heretic’ Trailer
Don’t take your faith for Granted. A24 has released the first trailer for its latest horror film “Heretic,” which stars Hugh Grant as a man who is visited by two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East and Sophie Thatcher) who he then puts through an intense series of psychological games.
“I won’t keep you if you wish to leave, but I want you to choose which door to go through based on your faith,” Grant states in the trailer, writing “BELIEF” and “DISBELIEF” on two doorways. Nothing gory follows in the footage, but a miniature labyrinth seems to have reached life-sized dimensions as one missionary gets lost in a wooden maze at the end of the trailer.
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“Heretic” is written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, who broke through with their script for John Krasinski’s 2018 horror film “A Quiet Place.” The two teamed again to co-write and direct the 2019 crime horror film “Haunt,” as well as the Adam Driver dinosaur survival film “65.” The pair also co-wrote the screenplay for the Stephen King adaptation “The Boogeyman,” which starred Thatcher.
Production on “Heretic” took place last fall in Vancouver during the SAG-AFTRA strike, with a guild-approved interim agreement. The cast also includes Elle McKinnon, River Codack, Carolyn Adair, Stephanie Lavigne and Elle Young. Along with Beck and Woods, producers include Katie Aquino, Scott Beck, Liliane Bedford, Julia Glausi, Kai Raka, Stacey Sher and Jeanette Volturno.
Grant’s made a habit out of playing villains in recent years, playing schemers in films like “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre,” “The Gentlemen” and “Paddington 2.” But he hasn’t led a horror film since his late-20s, when he starred in Ken Russell’s 1988 pagan barnburner “The Lair of the White Worm.”
Meanwhile, East is best known for her role in Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” and Thatcher is a main actor on Showtime’s “Yellowjackets.”
Watch the trailer for “Heretic” below.
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