Heretic (2024) Review
Well this movie combines two things that irritate me when discussed outside of horror. One that post-Ariel Castro prejudice that ran rampant last decade (making certain terrorist topics less scathing to stomach, as evidenced by Terrifier's sequels). Two are religious/theological discussions, which aren't really worth debating forever (at least not forcibly) for me. Granted that movies like Barbarian didn't exactly do much with the former. But here at least Hugh Grant brings these philosphical inquiries less to bring back the religious horror of the 70s/80s and more to as far as deconstruct it with a psychological twist. Sure, you can't really go to the bathroom while watching it if you want to catch every crucial detail in the spirit of The Usual Suspects. Plus I personally thought that one song by Blind Melon had a greater iteration than Creep.
So the movie is intellectual yet contains that Nolanesque Dan Brown intricacy that'll no doubt make my brand of reviewing feel elementary. But hey, it's been a while since I got a competent psychological horror. Plus the resplendant scenery they show in the final minutes was akin to a 90s dream.