Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East) are Mormon missionaries. That's not the horror part, calm down. They are nice young ladies who just want to share their beliefs. Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant) indicated interest, so they go and knock on his door. He, too, wants to share some deeply-held beliefs. Unfortunately, his beliefs tend to be a little more ...visceral.
In principle, I believe that religion --like all things-- should be mined for horror. There's a lot of really valuable stuff there! But this feels like some smug-ass r/philosophy post that somehow got Hugh Grant money. And sort of feels like it's punching down at Mormons? Which is bizarre considering the Church of Latter-Day Saints is a very large Christian denomination that rakes in billions of dollars! Maybe it only seems like that because the personification of the Church is two young, naive women that spend a good chunk of running time standing helplessly mute. It just kind of made me feel icky for watching. It's streaming on HBO Max and a lot of people really, really liked it. I just wasn't one of them.
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