Hugh Grant got a role in the horror movie 'Heretic' because he showed an edgier side to himself in a cult classic since fiction film.

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?

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.

Hugh Grant is able to use his rom-com charm to great effect in Heretic, keeping the awkward, smiley delivery we have seen in countless previous roles. It is this bumbling quality that prevents his character,

The directors of Hugh Grant's horror movie 'Heretic' said Mormonism is uniquely new and uniquely American compared to other faiths.

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.”

"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.