HERETIC Ending Explained & Movie Review

I review, breakdown and explain Heretic. I discuss the 2024 A24 horror movie which starred Hugh Grant as Mr Reed who tested Sister Paxton and Sister Barnes on their belief system and religion. I react to Sister Barnes' death, the meaning of the ending and answer if Sister Paxton died or if it was real.

00:00 Intro
00:42 Heretic Ending Explained
07:09 Heretic Move Review
10:16 Outro

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[BrainPilot]

Hugh Grant absolutely smashed this role! Best performance i've seen from him in years... what did you think of this movie? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!

[Mini-c]

the ladder transition to the minature was tidy, i love when directors employ beautiful transitions.

[magnusruben]

the watering can in his hand when he answers the door at the beginning is now so much more chilling...

[stevemcqueen]

He killed Barnes because she would be less easily controlled. Paxton came across as someone who would easily be controlled.

[adamturner]

She died in the basement and never escaped. Butterflies don’t exist in the middle of a winter snow storm. It was her hallucinating post death. He never got hit in the head my the board either, they just both died and she hallucinated what her mind wanted to happen just like they had talked about earlier

[KyleVeatch]

When she finally escapes from the house she drops her phone in the snow and the camera pauses on it. Instead of the phone finally getting signal, even though the phone is outside it stays on "no signal" leading us to believe she didnt really escape. It is likely up to interpretation, but she could have died, or maybe she was living in a simulation reality like Hugh Grant said, that is why the butterfly gitched away after she saw it.

[MrBananaSamich]

Originally when i saw the film i interpreted the ending as paxton escaping, with barnes actually resurrecting from the dead to save her and then visiting her again as the butterfly on her finger completely validating their faith and thus proving mr reed wrong.

However, after viewing this video and reading other comments, i think ive been convinced that barnes was not resurrected and all 3 characters died in that basement. Paxton’s mind envisioned barnes saving her, and as she slowly faded to death she also imagined escaping with barnes visiting her as the butterfly. But, she died still a true believer and thus mr reed still lost/failed. I think this interpretation is more valid because it’s more realistic based off injury, the butterfly on her hand vanishes, and its snowing/frosty outside in her “escape” whilst it looked like summer or spring in the films beginning.

Really liked the film, an actual original idea, all 3 actors were great, and it really kept me thinking about the end. Curious what others think

[gyalsnextman]

Just seen this film and I couldn’t stop thinking about how

The girl in the black chose belief when she had little faith then the girl in the lighter coloured outfit chose disbelief even though her faith was the strongest she understood she had to let go of her strong faith to see a different view.

Hugh’s wore a multi coloured sweater which was also a cool pointer to his multiple views and his understanding of different faiths showing that he has no loyalty to one.

[ChrizCrozz]

I just realized that mormon dude was in the movie for completely no reason.

[jeremyadams]

This is a brilliant film. One point I wanted to add is this - he asks the girls about their views on polygamy and later he is revealed to have a room full of caged women. I presumed that he has been regularly requesting pairs of women from different faiths to come over for a religious visit where after a series of tests to determine which is more easily manipulated, he would get a caged woman to kill herself and then kill one of the two visitors while brainwashing the other to acquiesce to a life in the recently vacated cage in his home. Had Sister Paxton not fought back and attempted an escape, I imagine she would have ended up a caged woman. Back to the polygamy question, I wondered if he was asking about this because as twisted as it sounds, I think he considered these women his wives. Also, later one of them enters the basement with a freshly baked pie laced with poison. So, it's possible that his "wife" actually was baking a pie at the beginning of the movie as he claimed and this was in fact not a lie as far as he was concerned. What that means is when he brought them out sodas and a pie scented candle, it was all just a series of tests to get a better sense of where their minds were. He wanted to see if they would drink the sodas despite Mormons being opposed to consuming caffeine and he wanted to see if they believed him about the wife baking the pie despite evidence to the contrary.

[Thelatenightchipshopexperience]

If M Night Shymalan could still do M Night Shymalan

[Helmsleygirl]

Absolutely loved this film! I went with my catholic mum and my atheist son and we had a fantastic debate on the way home afterwards 😂. So much to analyse and discuss and will leave you thinking about it long afterwards. The thinking man’s horror

[Fuelcut]

I think the end of the movie is supposed to be open for interpretation. If there was one ending that was true, we wouldn't be having a conversation about it. The movie is about the way we interpret different beliefs based on our own religion. It's supposed to make you wonder if what you believe in is actually true or not. The ending is the audiences test of their own faith. You must not question it, but know it and be. There is no ending.

[sarahazura]

I believe the butterfly symbolizes hallucinations caused by a lack of blood or oxygen to the brain. This interpretation is reinforced by the movie’s reminder that such conditions can induce hallucinations. The film also poignantly reminds us of the tragedy earlier in the story, when the black-haired girl explains the near-death experience and experienced hallucinations too . In my view, the blonde girl did not survive the stabbing; instead, she hallucinated the butterfly on her finger before succumbing to her injuries.

[JoeDaksiewicz]

I would argue the resurrection and 3 nails in the wood that “saved” the girl probably wasn’t an accident.

[petraleopold]

I actually think one of the main points was that antagonist had big fear of death hence why he had all these women in cages being literally at the verge of dying and him reviving them. He kept them in that condition so they would tell him their own versions of dying and having them in his complete control, also why he was testing Barnes and Paxton, psychopath's biggest fear is losing control, dying represents exactly that.

[slim_peach]

I enjoyed this movie as it gave the audience the opportunity to think and interpret the ending. That's what a lot of the new movies miss.

[akib]

The girls shouldn't have gone down to the basement. They should've stalled for time in the living room until someone from their church turned up and the deadbolt door was opened before the next morning. Boring, I know, but that's what I kept thinking. Lol

[zenextj]

The ending is fabulous because it leaves it upto us viewers to believe or to not believe which is the base of this story

[FP]

Honestly, I'm more baffled by how the heck that dude still walking after taking the whole length of the damn knife to his throat..