Not particularly — Heretic's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a horror film, it scored 3.0/10 for fear, 7.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.5/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Heretic?

Heretic has 7 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Heretic?

Films similar to Heretic on Watch Darkly include Cloverfield (2008), War of the Worlds (2005), Frankenstein (2025) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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psychological

Heretic

2024 · R · 1h 51m

Question everything.

Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

6.5

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Strongest on atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

Heretic has 7 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.5Overall

Fear3.0

Gore2.0

Atmosphere7.0

Genres

dramahorrorthriller

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Details

Budget$10M

Box office$51.9M

Directed by

Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

Written by

Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

Cinematography

Chung Chung-hoon

Music

Chris Bacon

Starring

Hugh Grant as Mr. Reed · Sophie Thatcher as Sister Barnes · Chloe East as Sister Paxton · Topher Grace as Elder Kennedy · Elle Young as Prophet · Julie Lynn-Mortensen as Pedestrian · Haylie Hansen as Teenager · Elle McKinnon as Teenager

Production

A24, Beck/Woods, CatchLight Studios, Shiny Penny Productions

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