
I’m thoroughly impressed when filmmakers manage to catch me off guard, and the movie “Heretic,” written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, did just that in numerous ways. I had high expectations for these directors due to their script for “A Quiet Place,” but what I didn’t expect was a horror movie of a different kind – one that was more about intricate concepts than mainstream thrills and chills. I wasn’t a fan of their previous directorial effort, “65,” which failed to make a compelling story out of “Adam Driver as an astronaut battling dinosaurs.” Frankly, I didn’t think this duo could surprise me after that, but with “Heretic,” they proved me wrong.