Filmmaker Lee Daniels is less interested in terrifying viewers and more concerned with nudging them to find faith with “The Deliverance.”
Landing on Netflix this week after a limited theatrical release, the supernatural horror thriller largely eschews jump scares in favor of a slow build to an extended exorcism sequence.
That all sounds perfectly appealing — and “The Deliverance” has its strengths, some effective character-driven moments among them — but the ultimate result is a...