The Heretics

2017

1h 27m

Horror

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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83%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

20%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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A cult kidnaps a girl and sacrifice themselves in the light of the locust moon. Years later, the girl is kidnapped again by a surviving cult member and learns a demon has been growing inside of her all these years.

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Logan D

Years after being kidnapped by a cult, a young woman is kidnapped again. But this time it's a single man who says he is protecting her from the same cult. Dialogue issues aside, this is a well done little horror flick. Kiri gives a great performance but I can't spoil why. And I loved the design of the wooden masks the cultists wear. Skilled usage of light.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Audience Member

It's an interesting premise, and has an awesome conclusion, but it's soo ugly throughout, and felt a little cliché in parts. There's some interesting twists along the way.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/12/22

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Audience Member

This film I thought very good, not often it happens but it left me very disturbed for quite a while, that hadn't happened since the scene in wolf creek where they woke up as prisoners after the evening round the camp fire with 'Mick'

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

Very unrealistic and not believable whatsoever and way too many flaws it just gets worse and more unbelievable as it goes on

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

Pretty good. You could see where it was going early on and I hated the ending. Very predictable. Could you be more cliche by trying to not be cliche? However, despite being able to.call out everyrhing that was going to.happen next it built tension well and I thougjt the pacing was fine. Some ber bad "what the hell are you thinking moments." But suspend disbelief enough and you will be ok.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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rodrigo a

The plot premise seemed interesting, unfortunately, the writer and the director made some poor choices developing one of the character's arc, those parts were poorly written and of course, the actors were affected with bad dialogues. If you ignore certain portions of the movie, you end up having an enjoyable movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Chad Archibald

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Nina Kiri

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Jorja Cadence

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Ricky Church

Flickering Myth

Horror fans will get a kick out of The Heretics. It delivers a good balance of character development, story and scares than shines with the cast.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 13, 2021

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Molly Henery

The Blogging Banshee

The Heretics is a film with the makings of a great plot that just wasn't executed as well as it could have been.

Rated: 5/10

Mar 13, 2021

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Matt Boiselle

Dread Central

Overall, The Heretics is definitely worth the watch.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 13, 2021

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Andrew Mack

ScreenAnarchy

The technical work and Archibald's execution is above reproach.

Mar 13, 2021

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Luke Rodriguez

Modern Horrors

The Heretics is a modern marvel of independent genre cinema.

Rated: 7/10

Mar 13, 2021

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Eric Bartsch

Cultured Vultures

Atmospherics and jump-scares work here effectually. The use of light, tenebrous as it is, is also adept.

Oct 31, 2019

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Synopsis

A cult kidnaps a girl and sacrifice themselves in the light of the locust moon. Years later, the girl is kidnapped again by a surviving cult member and learns a demon has been growing inside of her all these years.

Director: Chad Archibald
Producer: Nat Abraham, Ira Levy, Michael McGuigan, Peter Williamson
Screenwriter: Jayme Laforest
Production Co: Breakthrough Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 6, 2018
Runtime: 1h 27m

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