Heretic | Official Trailer 2 HD | A24

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From writer/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East. HERETIC - In Theaters This Fall.

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[queenursula]

Comments about wanting to see the predatory old guy torture and murder two young girls are kind of creepy.

[nomoneyfun]

Sister, unclench <3.

ONTD is one of the only places on the internet where people are correctly misandrist and sensitive to gratuitous violence against women. I'm not even a fan of horror movies, but the whole point of the genre is somebody gets tortured. Casting Hugh Grant (noted for playing nice guy roles) as the villain in a movie like this is genius and thought-provoking because missionaries are bad which makes him a villain with a point. With respect to the content of the film, I can't comment on it because I haven't seen it but yes, I'm all for psychological torture of missionaries in art.

I know some people's feminism hasn't evolved past "men bad, girls good" but I definitely encourage you to branch out and consider context and nuance. And my apologies if this comment was just about you meeting your scoldy quota for the day. Carry on.

[queenursula]

Still creepy. Sorry.

[nomoneyfun]

It's okay. I know wanting to see creepy thing in horror movies is very alien and strange, but I'm random that way!

[queenursula]

I enjoy horror I just don’t root for predatory older men to lure and torture young girls. *shrugs*

[nomoneyfun]

Again, I've only watched the trailer, but the whole conceit of the film is "If you don't go around trying to convert strangers to your religion, maybe you'll reduce your chances of being tortured by the stranger if you quit your proselytizing!" Again, I'm ~sew random~ but like, wanting to see things explored in art doesn't mean you're calling for them in the real world. Also, the majority of men that pose a threat to women IRL are men they know!

[queenursula]

‘I'm ~sew random~ but like, wanting to see things explored in art doesn't mean you're calling for them in the real world.’

I would hope so.

[artemisofluna]

Missionaries are also predatory...

[queenursula]

I think the older guy luring young girls into his house under false pretenses and kidnapping them is *maybe* more predatory than the girls in this situation?

[artemisofluna]

It was a general statement, considering this is fiction, but missionaries are real. And predators.

[queenursula]

So in other words something devoid of the context of what the initial comment was about.

[artemisofluna]

Yes, because it was my comment, not someone elses?

[queenursula]

Then why make it in the first place if it’s completely irrelevant to the discussion?

[artemisofluna]

It wasn't irrelevant.

[queenursula]

You just said it was a general statement that had nothing to do with what was being said prior?

[artemisofluna]

I didn't say that, you did.

Anyway, my point stands.