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The Wicker Man is one of the most mature religious dialogues in horror, or modern cinema in general for that matter. The ending chills in part because you don't know whose fanaticism is right. It's intriguing because it could be an indictment of all faiths, or a call for more understanding views on the subject. A lot of examinations of religion in movies come out to "this man is an idiot because he believes this", and while it does make Christianity look square, it does not make it look altogether pathetic. It doesn't come down to whose god is bigger or whose god is real, which I think makes it extremely intelligent and well beyond the surface hippie propaganda. The depth of this dialogue makes it quite scary in my opinion. Through the eyes of the protagonist, Summerisle is Innismouth without the tentacles.
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