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data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/hugh-grant\/\">Hugh Grant<\/a> as the eccentric and creepy Mr. Reed, was released in November last year to widespread critical acclaim.<\/p>\n<p>The film follows the story of two Mormon missionaries who visit Mr. Reed’s home after he expresses interest in joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<\/p>\n<p>The two missionaries – Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East) – immediately realise they’re <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/09\/24\/hugh-grants-wonderfully-twisted-horror-film-leaves-fans-truly-terrified-21664522\/\">in a situation that’s more than they bargained for<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Heretic only made back $60million (\u00a344m) at the global box office, that was still roughly<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/09\/09\/hugh-grant-stuns-fans-career-best-performance-new-horror-21574207\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/09\/09\/hugh-grant-stuns-fans-career-best-performance-new-horror-21574207\/\"> six times larger than the budget it was made with<\/a> – $10m (\u00a37m).<\/p>\n<p>And critics were fans too, with Heretic currently boasting a Rotten Tomatoes critic rating of 91%, a critic score of 7.3 out of 10, and an audience rating of 76%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_234549758-6915.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23307301\" alt=\"Hugh Grant as Mr Reed in Heretic smiling while illuminated by candlelight\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Heretic marked a memorable turn for Hugh Grant (Picture: A24\/Everett\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_228383795-71b5.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23307303\" alt=\"This image released by A24 shows, from left, Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher, and Hugh Grant in a scene from "Heretic." (Kimberley French\/A24 via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Hugh stars opposite Chloe East and Sophie Thatcher (Picture: AP\/A24)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The film was recently added to the massive libraries of horrors on Amazon Prime Video, and viewers are already sending it soaring up the trending charts.<\/p>\n<p>@Matthieson4426 celebrated the turn from Hugh Grant: ‘Heretic. Hugh Grant is absolutely brilliant. Manages to make an unarmed middle aged man in a brown jumper epically scary. A great watch.’<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, @MandoDameron was excited that ‘Heretic is on Amazon Prime at last!’ with a series of emojis implying they were running to watch it.<\/p>\n<p>@MontyIsBlessed also couldn’t get enough: ‘Theologically thrilling and brilliant \u2014 I never imagined a movie and theology could bang this hard.’<\/p>\n<p>@PaulDuncan67 said: ‘Hugh Grant gets better every time I watch him. Heretic is totally absorbing… It takes real talent to demand your attention with minimal players.’<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/22849026\" data-secret=\"Jg4ae8pBDU\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_228386564-f0c7.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23307305\" alt=\"This image released by A24 shows Hugh Grant, from left, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East in a scene from "Heretic." (Kimberley French\/A24 via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Heretic is an ‘intriguing prospect with its approach to debate’ (Picture: A24\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_219979981-0e10.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23307321\" alt=\"This image released by A24 shows a scene from "Heretic." (A24 via AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The film follows two Mormon missionaries who end up in a terrifying situation (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tMore horror films you can watch at home right now\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/06\/10\/best-vampire-movie-history-added-netflix-celebrate-40th-anniversary-23375853\/\">\u2018Best vampire movie in history\u2019 added to Netflix to celebrate 40th anniversary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/06\/07\/divisive-horror-movie-full-grotesque-monsters-now-streaming-bbc-iplayer-23355655\/\">Divisive horror movie full of \u2018grotesque monsters\u2019 now streaming on BBC iPlayer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/05\/29\/netflix-horror-sequel-soars-number-1-viewers-stay-watch-23281130\/\">Netflix horror sequel soars to number 1 after viewers stay up to watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/05\/28\/completely-free-streaming-service-adds-iconic-90s-horror-remake-hits-cinemas-23266605\/\">Completely free streaming service adds iconic 90s horror before remake hits cinemas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/05\/10\/amazon-prime-viewers-refuse-watch-one-best-horror-films-this-year-relatable-reason-23057899\/\">Amazon Prime viewers refuse to watch \u2018one of the best horror films\u2019 this year for very relatable reason<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/05\/09\/brutal-horror-film-diabolical-gore-finally-arrives-netflix-23056621\/\">Brutal horror film with \u2018diabolical gore\u2019 finally arrives on Netflix<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/05\/08\/terrifyingly-good-2025-horror-movie-finally-added-netflix-23050124\/\">\u2018Terrifyingly good\u2019 2025 horror movie has finally been added to Netflix<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>@Luluhit said: ‘I had no idea this film was so impressive, packed with exquisite dialogue. It’s like I’ve been in a classroom… They come back and tell you the truth right in your face.’<\/p>\n<p>On Reddit, SomeGreatGoodThing joked: ‘I honestly can\u2019t imagine something more horrifying than being trapped in a room with a man telling me his opinions on religion, so this movie really worked for me.’<\/p>\n<p>As well as starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East, Heretic also features That 70s Show actor Topher Grace as Elder Kennedy, who makes a brief appearance in the film.<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>Metro<\/strong>, film critic Tori Brazier described Heretic as a ‘horror reinvention’ and said Hugh’s career is now ‘less and less defined by his bumbling rom-com persona from the 90s’.<\/p>\n<p>She also described it as an ‘intriguing prospect with its approach to debate and engaging Mr Reed in a confined cat-and-mouse chase with two Mormon missionaries’.<\/p>\n<p>Heretic was co-written and co-directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/11\/05\/hugh-grant-hailed-daniel-day-lewis-2024-heretic-horror-role-21928923\/\">Scott Beck and Bryan Woods<\/a>, the horror film super team who were also behind the 2018 apocalypse movie A Quiet Place.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch Heretic on Amazon Prime Video now.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T2M24S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/08\/14\/90596237-0-image-a-21_1728394415504.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2024-10-08T14:30:34+0100″,”description”:”Two young women of religion are drawn into a game of cat and mouse in the house of a strange man.”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2024\/10\/08\/639920566919316390\/480x270_MP4_639920566919316390.mp4″,”height”:270,”width”:480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4576"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4576"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4583,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4576\/revisions\/4583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}