The new movie “Heretic” reminds us of the dangers of being a young woman while knocking on doors, as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, trying to spread the word of God. We learn from this story that no woman representative of the church is allowed to go inside any house with a man unless there is another woman present in the house with him. For this story, they are tricked when the man of the house says his wife is in the kitchen making of all things, blueberry pie. This is the first example of an event that would definately not happen in real life.
This story is about an evil and insane man, Mr. Reed, played by Hugh Grant during a rain storm and there is a knock on his door by two young women, Sister Paxton played by Chloe East and Sister Barnes played by Sophie Thatcher. Unfortunately this is the wrong door and the wrong time, with an insane man who has his own thoughts about what religion really is. This includes comparing life and religion to board games like Monopoly within long speeches to two terrified young woman who then realize they are trapped in a very old house during a rain storm with someone who is criminally insane.
The rest of this story are about a series of events that are typical of all horror movies like this. A person or persons trying to escape from attempts by an insane murderer who is trapping them in a house or a building, being chased, shot or stabbed as they try to survive and come up with desperate plans to kill their attacker or escape. There is nothing new with this part of the story, despite several too crazy and illogical twists and turns at the end. What is mostly memorable about this film is the acting of Hugh Grant and his speeches about the truth behind all religions in the world.
The Rotten Tomatoes critic reviews for this movie are a way too high 93% with my rating the same as the audience reviews at 77%.
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