Heretic

WBZ's Jordan Rich takes a look at this psychological horror film starring Hugh Grant.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to now Streaming with Jordan.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
We just need to go home.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
I won't keep you a few wish to leave, but
I want you to choose which door to go through
based on your faith.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
What does this have to do with us leaving everything?

Speaker 1 (00:15):
The word that many critics have for the film, Heretic
is foreboding. The heretic in question is one mister Reed,
played so well by Hugh Grant. He asks for the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints to send
a few missionaries to his home, and two young ladies
are soon knocking at his door. Mister Reed claims his
wife is in the kitchen baking pie, and even though
the girls are reluctant at for us to enter, they
do cross the threshold once the door locks. It's a

(00:38):
cat and mouse game of psychological terror, with the manipulative
and controlling heretic questioning everything about the young lady's faith, beliefs, dogma,
and organized religion in general. Quietly creepy and ultimately, yes,
this does turn into a haunted house slasher film, but
the performance by Hugh Grant is captivating. Heretic and that's
now Streaming with Jordan wz Boston's news radio