2024-12-14
30 分钟Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods discusses their new film, Heretic, with fellow Director Michael Mohan in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, they discuss working with Actor Hugh Grant to establish the look, presence and psychology of the antagonist, making every shot intentional in order to mimic the theme of control in the film, and using sound and atmosphere to craft a horror movie that prioritizes dread over jump scares. The film follows two young women ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse when they knock on the door of the diabolical Mr. Reed. Trapped in his home, they must turn to their faith if they want to make it out alive. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/Events/2025/January2025/Heretic_QnA_1124
There was a pressure, I think, internally in our own heads of like, are we sustaining the tension enough?
Instead of jump scares, we were thinking about sound design already in strategic moments where we could mix it, and it's actually more present and it almost feels like internal inside their heads.
So I think that's what we did in lieu of trying to figure out jump scares.
And we were trying to attempt to do.
Can a potent philosophical idea replace a jump scare?
That's what we were attempting to do.
Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Director's Guild of America.
In this episode, a sadist menaces a pair of Mormon missionaries and director Scott Beck and Brian Wood's psychological horror Heretic.
The film follows two young women ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
When they knock on the door of the diabolical Mr.
Reed, trapped in his home, they must turn to their faith if they want to make it out alive.
In addition to Heretic, Beck and Woods, other directorial credits include the feature films the Bride Wore Blood, Nightlight, Haunt and 65 the Movie for television spread and episodes of 50 States of Fright.
Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Beck and Woods spoke with director Michael Mohan about filming Heretic.
Listen on for their spoiler filled conversation.
All right, so.
Hey, everybody.
I'm Mike.
I'm Scott.
Yeah, I'm Brian.
This was my second time seeing the film and I just.