Chloe East Talks A24 Horror Hit Heretic

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Chloe East Talks A24 Horror Hit Heretic


Chloe East Talks A24 Horror Hit Heretic

There’s a scene in Heretic, A24’s next psychological horror hit, when two young missionaries break down the hierarchy of fast food restaurants to their eventual kidnapper. It’s a brief moment of comedic relief in an otherwise tense situation performed brilliantly by Chloe East as Sister Paxton. When their seemingly charming yet diabolical host Mr. Reed (a fantastic Hugh Grant) asks about Taco Bell, the answer is quick—”We don’t talk about Taco Bell”—for reasons you’ll have to see the film to find out.

East, however, joins me via Zoom on a Friday morning in October and is very happy to talk about Taco Bell. The beloved Mexican chain happens to be her favorite restaurant and category of food, and she’s not shy about telling me she’s already had it four times this week. “I wish I was lying. I wish I was trying to be funny, but I’ve literally had nothing but Taco Bell outside of eating craft services and what’s in my house,” the actor says with a laugh. Her go-to order hasn’t changed since high school: a Crunchwrap Supreme, a Doritos Locos Taco, and a Baja Blast. She’s our kind of gal.

While I can’t say for certain that the Taco Bell plotline was a selling point in East joining Heretic, it certainly was a happy coincidence.

Actress Chloe East hangs around the house in a striped T-shirt and white underwear with sneakers.

Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods—the duo behind A Quiet Place and the 2019 slasher HauntHeretic follows Sister Paxton and Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher), two young missionaries who knock on the wrong door and are forced to question their faith as they get trapped in their sinister host’s deadly cat-and-mouse game. Not your typical scary movie, its horror is generated through chilling discussions and ideas rather than classic jump scares and gore.