The Vigil : The Dybbuk Stops Here The Vigil : The Dybbuk Stops Here
A former Hasid agrees to watch over a recently deceased member of the community - and who may have been haunted - in this subculturally specific supernatural thriller
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homers, folks who sit by a recently deceased family member or loved one, often in shifts, to watch over the body before burial. It’s a centuries-old Jewish tradition, designed to keep the soul of the dead safe from harm. Should a relative be unwilling or unable to perform this duty, it’s possible to pay a professional to sub in. It’s an honor and a calling, though there are some pitfalls in the shomer-for-hire business one needs to be aware of. The likelihood of extreme boredom is high for those who aren’t comfortable with silence, corpses, or a lack of company. The hours can be unusual. And there’s always the possibility that you may run into a spirit that, having been pr
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But it is Davis and Lynn Cohen, who plays the wife of the deceased (and whom you may recognize as Golda Meir in the film
Munich) that make this movie. Davis looks like a wounded animal who is tormented and has survivor’s guilt both from an incident involving a younger relative in New York City, as well as an image we see of presumably the Holocaust era (no spoilers here). The harrowing flashbacks are enough to give you a knot in your stomach.
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The Vigil is different from other horror flicks
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Tue, Feb 23, 2021
The 2019 s horror release The Vigil is a straightforward but effective and different movie as it is based on a specific faith tradition.
Coming up with a simple horror thriller, writer-director Keith Thomas tried to give a fresh look to it by creating a Jewish setting in the flick executive produced by Jason Blum under his Blumhouse Productions banner.
The movie is set in the Jewish community settled in Borough Park, Brooklyn - a place where they live absolutely detached from the outer world. Not just that, to add originality to the movie, characters are seen speaking Yiddish - a language historically spoken by the Ashkenazi Jews.
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