Heretic is a small, claustrophobicthriller.

There aren’t any big special effects set pieces, or many noticeable special effects at all.

Art the Clown proved that a cheap, unrated horror movie with extreme gore could succeed.

Art the Clown as Santa Claus in Terrifier 3

As an AI hater, I appreciate the gesture as a means to get the ball rolling.

Beck and Woods have provided other filmmakers opposed to AI with a simple way to show their support.

The wrath of the internet is swift, and many film fans already hate generative AI.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator in T2 with an ominous shadowy purple background

I wouldn’t want to take the risk.

A24 was an early AI offender,using the tech to generate posters for Alex Garland’s Civil War.

AI is an amazing technology, Woods said.

Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey in Jurassic World

Beautiful things will come of it, and its jaw-dropping.

What is being created with generative AI and video … its amazing we could create that technology.

Now lets bury it underground with nuclear warheads, cause it might kill us all.

Split image with Heretic stars Chloe East and Sophie Thatcher in character on the left and Hugh Grant looking villainous on the right. Half of his face is shrouded by lines of code.

The Avatar filmmaker has always been on the cutting edge, and this time that’s a mistake.

Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East looking at Hugh Grant who is offscreen in Heretic.

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