We have no illusions that when people watch ‘Heretic’ they’re going to go, ‘Wait, did they use generative AI?'” Woods said. “It doesn’t feel like that at all, but it was important for us to put that out there because we think it’s something people need to start talking about.

The buzzy horror film is expected to be big at the box office this weekend. Be careful when knocking on a stranger’s door. That’s the cautionary premise behind the new A24 thriller “Heretic,” which makes its official theatrical debut on Friday,

The British actor's unsettling take on a religiously pious man who tests two missionaries' faith is the main reason to see this A24 horror flick.

In Heretic, Hugh Grant plays the villain. He tells Morning Edition that actors are drawn to the bad guys “rather than the dreary, goody-two-shoes lead.”