Dangerous Calling

The film begins with a very unsettling murder, and everything throughout the rest of the film remains unsettled. We know who the murderer is from the beginning, but we don't know what triggers him. That mystery is gradually unfolded as the film rolls on in constantly more unsettling attempts and finally accomplished murders. It's a gruesome story and the more gruesome and unsettling for the settings of the drama, since it all takes place in a very pious community. The new pastor suspects nothing, but his wife gets gradually acquainted with some unsettling phenomena, like a boy collecting rattlesnakes and using them for a very unsettling agenda. This is a shocker but it does not make quite good sense until the end, and the happy ending feels if anything somewhat sanctimonious. With such shocking horrors occurring at the heart of the community, the members should hardly feel so comfortably at ease in the end chanting hallelujahs and rocking around. There are after all corpses all over the place requiring some attention and serious consideration.