Hugh Grant Plays a Terrifying Horror Villain in A24's "Heretic" Trailer Staff, 6/25/2024 Hugh Grant takes on a chilling new role in the horror film "Heretic." As two young missionaries find themselves held captive by Grant's character, they must confront their faith in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. This suspenseful thriller will keep audiences on the edge of their seats. 'Heretic,' in theaters everywhere Nov. 15, stars Hugh Grant as a man who holds two religious missionaries hostage
Hugh Grant is taking a stab at the horror genre for this first time in his upcoming film.
On Tuesday, June 25, A24 released the trailer for Heretic, which stars Sophie Thatcher (The Boogeyman, Yellowjackets) and Chloe East (The Fabelmans) as two young missionaries who are kidnapped by a man who holds them hostage in his home after they knock on his door.
Grant, 63, portrays the initially unassuming Mr. Reed in the new movie. After a day of struggling to engage with people on the streets, he invites the young missionaries into his home and offers them blueberry pie on behalf of his wife. One of the young women begins to suspect something is wrong when she realizes Mr. Reed has a blueberry pie-scented candle rather than an actual blueberry pie. Sure enough, Mr. Reed has locked the pair inside his home.
After the two confront Mr. Reed, he tells the young women that he will not keep them hostage and will allow them to leave -- but attempting to do so will make them challenge their religious faith as they know it. The movie's trailer ends with one woman ascending from a staircase into what appears to be a labyrinth of sorts out of his home.
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"Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse," reads an official synopsis for the upcoming film.
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Grant most recently portrayed a villain in 2023's Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and appeared as an oompa loompa in Wonka; He is also expected to reprise his role as Daniel Cleaver in the next Bridget Jones movie, Mad About the Boy, which has been filming in England in recent weeks.
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