Hughs & Heretic
This week’s episode is positively huge (and Hugh-filled).
👼 Heretic
We dive into Heretic (2024), the claustrophobic new thriller from A24 in which two young missionaries find themselves trapped in the home of Hugh Grant — who’s swapped his floppy-haired rom-com persona for a sinister host obsessed with theology, control, and blueberry pie. It’s equal parts scripture, serial killer, and Monopoly rules lawyer.
We get into:
- Hugh Grant’s unnervingly charming turn as a religious sadist.
- The film’s suffocating tension and clever (if slightly sixth-form) theological debates.
- Why A24 keeps winning at horror, even when it’s just three characters in one creepy house.
- Whether this is Grant’s best role since Paddington 2 — or just his darkest.
🎤 Top 5 Hughs
From Hefner to Laurie, Jackman to Bonneville, and even a Star Trek Borg called Hugh, we compile our definitive Top 5 Hughs. Expect:
- Dodgy impressions of House and Wolverine.
- Arguments over whether Howard Hughes counts as cinema’s most fascinating recluse.
- A quiz so daft it involves shouting “Hugh or Spew!” at each other.
- Hugh Grant’s career arc — from Four Weddings to tabloid scandal to national treasure.
As always, there’s plenty of digression — from bread-based Heimlich manoeuvres to Joaquin Phoenix’s dick — but that’s the Bad Dads way.
👉 Listen now to find out why this week might just be our most Hugh-morous episode yet.
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