![]() ![]() Thomas, the lead male character, thinks Gloria is seducing him in one scene. One good example of the subjective realities that the tortured and overwrought characters experience is the nightmares and hallucinations they have (a product of their cultish upbringing) where they see a horned, bat-winged albino demon, which looks like a cross between medieval interpretations of The Devil and Guillermo Del Toro’s vampire designs. What starts out as a supernatural thriller slowly morphs into a surreal body horror about surviving until dawn. ![]() It plays its hand well enough to become more than a rehash of Last Exorcism or Rosemary’s Baby. It follows formula to a point, at first appearing like run-of-the-mill fare, swerving halfway through into something unexpected. The film checks off a lot boxes on the list of horror tropes: missing person, scarred mystery man, a secluded cabin, people who aren’t what they seem, a satanic cult, a young woman pregnant with or possessed by a demon, weird visions, and twists upon twists. Something’s also up with that girlfriend of Gloria’s (Jorja Cadence), who snaps and starts killing people while searching for her. Thomas explains the cult behind her ordeal isn’t finished with her and he has to protect her until sunrise. But one night, she is abducted by another survivor of the ceremony, the scarred and limping Thomas (Ry Barrett), who spirits her away to his place in the woods. Dating again, staying close to her mother, and entering a support group, she looks to be putting it all behind her, aside from the occasional nightmare. The Heretics is a spiritual and psychological thriller that might look derivative initially, but before you know it, it pulls you in and shows you what it is made of.Īfter surviving a bizarre ritual sacrifice (or so it seems), Gloria (Nina Kiri) tries to put her life back together. ![]()
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