"The debate and conversation on the way out of the theater is what we were driving towards," Bryan Woods tells The Hollywood Reporter in conversation with Scott Beck about their horror film starring Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East as Mormon missionaries and Grant as a potential convert.

In this scathing review, Rex Reed rips into Hugh Grant’s misguided attempt at horror, describing the film as a “pointless screamfest” that’s more ideology lecture than thriller. The verdict?

"I just think, why doesn't my character have any balls?" Hugh Grant takes a walk down memory lane as he rewatches scenes from his classic works including 'Love Actually,' 'Notting Hill,' 'Bridget Jones's Diary,

What would happen if any of Hugh Grant's famed rom-com characters — think William from Notting Hill or the prime minister from Love Actually — trapped you in a house of horrors? That's not too far off from what you'll get in Heretic,

If you want to make a truly terrifying horror movie villain, make him friendly. Make him so lovely and so typical that you can’t even tell if he’s good or not. Add those little nuances that make you question everything and cause you to wonder if what he’s saying has a double meaning or not.

The official logline for Heretic reads, “Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.”

His road from lovable rom-coms like 'Love Actually' to A24's terrifying 'Heretic' has been a long time coming.