Hughs & Heretic

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!

This week’s episode is positively huge (and Hugh-filled).

👼 Heretic
We dive into Heretic (2024), the claustrophobic new thriller from A24 in which two young missionaries find themselves trapped in the home of Hugh Grant — who’s swapped his floppy-haired rom-com persona for a sinister host obsessed with theology, control, and blueberry pie. It’s equal parts scripture, serial killer, and Monopoly rules lawyer.

We get into:

• Hugh Grant’s unnervingly charming turn as a religious sadist.
• The film’s suffocating tension and clever (if slightly sixth-form) theological debates.
• Why A24 keeps winning at horror, even when it’s just three characters in one creepy house.
• Whether this is Grant’s best role since Paddington 2 — or just his darkest.

🎤 Top 5 Hughs
From Hefner to Laurie, Jackman to Bonneville, and even a Star Trek Borg called Hugh, we compile our definitive Top 5 Hughs. Expect:

• Dodgy impressions of House and Wolverine.
• Arguments over whether Howard Hughes counts as cinema’s most fascinating recluse.
• A quiz so daft it involves shouting “Hugh or Spew!” at each other.
• Hugh Grant’s career arc — from Four Weddings to tabloid scandal to national treasure.

As always, there’s plenty of digression — from bread-based Heimlich manoeuvres to Joaquin Phoenix’s dick — but that’s the Bad Dads way.

👉 Listen now to find out why this week might just be our most Hugh-morous episode yet.

We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at [e-mail] or on our website baddadsfilm.com.

Until next time, we remain...

Bad Dads