“The inverse of A Quiet Place” was the pitch for Hugh Grant’s new horror movie Heretic, directors say

Heretic directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods say their new horror movie is the direct opposite of A Quiet Place, which they co-wrote.

“The concept was the inverse of A Quiet Place, which was, can we tell a story and scare people with no dialogue?” Woods tells SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Wicked on the cover and hits newsstands on November 1. “Heretic was, can we tell a story and scare people with just dialogue?”