Heretic
It stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East as Mormon missionaries who visit the home of an eccentric man, Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), after he expresses interest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Mr. Reed's intentions become evidently more sinister when they enter his home.
"Question Everything" is not just a slogan: it’s a warning. In Heretic, truth is a trap and reality bends under the weight of our deepest convictions.
Beck and Woods orchestrate a work that feels less like a film and more like a ritual of identity dissolution. Every scene is calibrated like a misstep inside a hall of mirrors: the viewer is first seduced, then slowly stripped of their certainties. Hugh Grant, in a performance both restrained and menacing, embodies the horror of silent persuasion: the friendly face that reveals itself as the mask of a dark cult.
The two young figures at the center — depicted in the poster as wooden puppets — are not merely characters but chilling symbols: hollowed bodies, mannequins destined to dance to the rhythm of an imposed truth. The question that haunts every frame ("Question Everything") turns into an existential torture, where critical thinking is both the key and the curse.
The direction strips the environment of any comfort, immersing us in spaces designed to disorient: rooms that are too quiet, lights that mimic warmth but conceal absolute coldness. The fragmented editing and ominous soundscape cut like invisible blades into the viewer’s psyche, urging them to doubt not only what they see, but even what they are.
Heretic does not merely tell a story: it injects a virus of unease that continues to replicate long after the credits roll.
You will not emerge "different." You will emerge divided.