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Final Trailer For The Vigil Debuts, Film Out Feb. 26th
Final Trailer For The Vigil Debuts, Film Out Feb. 26th
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Adam Margules, Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Malky Goldman, Lynn Cohen, and
Fred Melamed, and
Keith Thomas directs the film. This trailer is beyond creepy, even though it is another in a long line of demonic possession films.
The Vigil does look pretty sinister, and the film s setting makes it feel a bit more unique. You can read the synopsis, see the poster, and view the trailer for
The Vigil down below.
The Vigil Synopsis & Trailer
Steeped in ancient Jewish lore and demonology, THE VIGIL is a supernatural horror film set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood. Low on funds and having recently left his insular religious community, Yakov reluctantly accepts an offer from his former rabbi and confidante to take on the responsibility of an overnight shomer, fulfilling the Jewish practice of watching ove
A young man has to stay up one night guarding the corpse of a stranger, having agreed to wait for the mortician. It is a dark and dreary house, and an old woman warns him not to stay.
Scary, right?
But wait! That’s the job of a
shomer, who, in accordance with Jewish law, agrees to be a watchman over the body of the deceased until it is buried. And that’s what this man is, even though he recently left his insular Orthodox community in Brooklyn.
How can this setup for a Jewish horror film have been overlooked until now?
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