“Yellowjackets” actress Sophie Thatcher — fresh off the horror and sci-fi hits “Heretic” and “Companion” — embraces haunting roles. Only the screaming took practice.

Sophie Thatcher can cry a single tear out of either eye on command.. No, it’s not a party trick, but it blew away writer-director Drew Hancock. During a taut scene in the third act of his sci-fi ...