Heretic (contains spoilers)

Mixed feelings about this one. The acting is great and it's a clever setup with good dialogue. The tension builds well in the beginning, but then it was kind of not enough payoff for the slow burn. It felt like the cellar reveal wanted to be like Barbarian, totally different from what we expected. The content was, but the scenes lacked urgency for me because the characters are standing around amidst dead bodies, etc. having a philosophical debate. On a similar note, the movie gives a *lot* of space to being lectured at by a preachy atheist. This is consistent with character, but it still feels like an unnecessarily large chunk of the movie. I'd say this one is an interesting watch that stays below its potential in terms of tension in the second half and occasionally feels more like a vehicle for talking points than horror. I still enjoyed it, though.