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Heretic | Official Trailer | A24
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FunkMiller
Banned
This looks fucking great. A24 are a fantastic production company.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Looks awesome.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I love Hugh Grant and I love when actors take on roles they wouldn't normally take on
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Lunarorbit
Member
Getting Don't Breathe vibes from them being locked in the house.
Look out for the turkey baster, girls!
Look out for the turkey baster, girls!
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
I was going to post this yesterday I imagine me as hugh Grant but I would just let them in hear their whole accept the lord and repent and then tell them "not interested" but sir fire and brimstone! "Yeah, still not interested" as I open the door for them to leave
Robot Carnival
Member
Hemingwayoffbase
Member
Hugh Grant’s second act heel turn has made some of my favorite roles for him.
Paddington 2
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Operation Fortune
And now it looks like he’s going real dark with it.
I’m in.
Paddington 2
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Operation Fortune
And now it looks like he’s going real dark with it.
I’m in.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
You seen The Gentleman (movie not TV series)? He's great in that, plays a real sleazebag.
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Have a Blessed Day
That's enough of a reason.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I saw this and mostly liked it. Hugh Grant was perfectly cast, since the role is kind of under-acted by design. But...
It really falls apart in the last 5-10 minutes. Characters running around with fatal stab wounds for improbable amounts of time and one character seemingly being prayed back to life for 30 seconds. It just went completely past any kind of suspension of disbelief.
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
Saw this last night. loved it. Thought provoking psychological horror.
Atheists will love it
Atheists will love it
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Have a Blessed Day
Horror is pretty much all I watch but I'm not an atheist will I love it?
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Alcibiades
Member
Went in blind for this movie at the AMC Dolby Cinema. Being A24 plus the name of the title I figured it'd be horror and/or weird, which it was both.
Really enjoyed it, especially Hugh Grant. This is one of those movies where the extended dialogue scenes keep you hooked and at the edge of your seat. I loved the themes (religion, control) and though it was cool to see an LDS perspective.
Hugh Grant is amazing, you feel unsettled everytime he's on screen.
Really enjoyed it, especially Hugh Grant. This is one of those movies where the extended dialogue scenes keep you hooked and at the edge of your seat. I loved the themes (religion, control) and though it was cool to see an LDS perspective.
Hugh Grant is amazing, you feel unsettled everytime he's on screen.
Alcibiades
Member
The movie presents a case against God/religion, but it's not clear that it's advocating a particular side. It also presents a counter argument, and at one point drops in the simulation theory too.
The religious history and theological discussions are inter-woven into the plot as it advances. The discussions are more complex than one would normally see on popular media, but nowhere near what you find in books, college courses, and proper debates.
If I had to guess the filmmakers are probably agnostic/atheist, but it doesn't bash or make fun of God or religion.
Despite being more on the agnostic side myself (but sorta Catholic sometimes and not really having a strong conviction one way or the other), I usually find media critiquing religion cringe AF and snobby, but this movie didn't feel that way at all.
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Aw shit, for a moment I though this could be about Corvus and the serpent riders.
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Have a Blessed Day
Thanks! I'm not religious or agnostic
Grildon Tundy
Member
You're not religious, agnostic, or atheist... so you've got that home-grown, introspected spiritual connection to a higher power?
Just curious because I can't think of what else it would be, and I like quizzes like this.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
You're not religious, agnostic, or atheist... so you've got that home-grown, introspected spiritual connection to a higher power?
Just curious because I can't think of what else it would be, and I like quizzes like this.
Atheist God doesn't exist
Agnostic We can't know if God exists
Apatheist Don't care one way or the other don't even entertain the question of God's existence or lack thereof it's irrelevant and unimportant
I'm the apatheist. That's me
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Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
This and Smile 2 are the kinds of Horror that are much better on 2nd watch - You will see many things that you missed at first on a second watch.
Heretic, Smile 2 and Alien: Romulus. My top 3 big budget Horror films of the year.
Heretic, Smile 2 and Alien: Romulus. My top 3 big budget Horror films of the year.
Grildon Tundy
Member
Someone, somewhere, is gonna make an AWESOME metacommentary horror flick that Hugh Grant, his ENTIRE career, has been a serial killer stalking his fellow actors and only sheer luck has kept most of them alive
look at that face...pure repressed RAGE!!!
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
It's not really a movie for atheists. The bad guy is an atheist, and he occasionally has some bars but I don't think that's the perspective of the movie itself.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
As an Atheist and HUGE horror fan, this movie sounds right up my alley
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SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Let me know when you've seen it.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
Well since I'm waiting for it to come to Streaming. I expect the movie to come in two to four weeks since new horror films tend to come faster to Streaming than other films in different genre
I'm a huge fan of Hugh Grant and the concept sounds interesting. I'm staying as spoiler free as I can
The ninja farmer
Member
Just out from seeing this at my local. The trailer gave me sort of high brow saw, don’t breathe type vibes. But with that A24 slant on things.
But in the end. It was not really as clever as it thinks it is and kinda falls apart, when it tries to stick the landing. (And based on the subject matter and story twists they kinda had nowhere else to go). Kudos to the strong start though and the entire section on the living room when the girls first go in the house, really sets a high bar.
Hugh grant pretty much steals the movie. He was incredibly unsettling and creepy over the first hour or so. as the characters and audience try to figure out just what is going down and where he is taking the audience surrogates. The small cast were all pretty good to be fair
I would say the film is actually very much for religion, but the ending muddles the message and I didn’t think even Hugh could save it. The ‘sleight of hand’ seemed a bit on the nose at the time. But actually fits in with one of Hugh’s major points and themes
Still it was miles better than most of the streaming trash out there and worth a watch.
But in the end. It was not really as clever as it thinks it is and kinda falls apart, when it tries to stick the landing. (And based on the subject matter and story twists they kinda had nowhere else to go). Kudos to the strong start though and the entire section on the living room when the girls first go in the house, really sets a high bar.
Hugh grant pretty much steals the movie. He was incredibly unsettling and creepy over the first hour or so. as the characters and audience try to figure out just what is going down and where he is taking the audience surrogates. The small cast were all pretty good to be fair
I would say the film is actually very much for religion, but the ending muddles the message and I didn’t think even Hugh could save it. The ‘sleight of hand’ seemed a bit on the nose at the time. But actually fits in with one of Hugh’s major points and themes
Still it was miles better than most of the streaming trash out there and worth a watch.
Kacho
Gold Member
Great movie. Hugh Grant was fantastic as Mr Reed. He totally carried the movie with his performance.
Kinda Quentin Tarantino-esque. Lots of long, interesting conversations with tension lingering in the air. I was engaged the whole way through. Very interesting subject matter too. Comparing the various religions to different editions of Monopoly was hilarious.
The cinematography was exceptional. So many great shots with perfect lighting. The film had several shots with very high saturation and it gave it a fairy tale look.
Think I’ll add this one to my collection. Made me want to watch Running Scared again.
Kinda Quentin Tarantino-esque. Lots of long, interesting conversations with tension lingering in the air. I was engaged the whole way through. Very interesting subject matter too. Comparing the various religions to different editions of Monopoly was hilarious.
The cinematography was exceptional. So many great shots with perfect lighting. The film had several shots with very high saturation and it gave it a fairy tale look.
Think I’ll add this one to my collection. Made me want to watch Running Scared again.
Miles, miles better. This was an actual film with effort and thought put into it. Very refreshing.
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I just watched and quite liked it. Hugh Grant is on a roll lately. Girls in the movie were also super hot.
I really like it when actors who you wouldn't expect to take on roles of villains, are the villains in a movie and are fantastic
As for the movie itself, I loved it, Hugh Grant was extremely scary and I like the fact that there was no supernatural twist
Doom85
Member
Well, Hugh was also one of the villains in Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and while the whole cast was great, I think his performance was my favorite. Granted, he was a more comedic villain in that film, though certainly a cold hearted one nevertheless.
Forge (Hugh): She’s had years to resent you for your absence.
Edgin: And you’ve had years to poison her against me.
Forge: No, that is not true…..we very rarely spoke of you at all.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I love that film too and especially Hugh role in the film. Also made me want to go back and read more of The Legend of Drizzt