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Spirits and Scares in âThe Vigil,â a Horror Movie with a Hasidic Twist
Weâve seen plenty of Jewish horror movies, mostly having to do with the atrocities of the Holocaust. âThe Vigilâ has an element of that, too, but itâs mainly a scare-filled psychological thriller steeped in Jewish ritual and lore. Set in the Brooklyn, N.Y. Orthodox community of Boro Park, itâs about a former Hasid named Yacov (Dave Davis) who, strapped for funds, accepts a rabbiâs request to serve as a shomer, watching over a deceased member of the community overnight. Suffice it to say that itâs a very haunted evening.
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Thomas told
The Algemeiner, “There’s an old writer’s adage that says, ‘Write what you know.’ When it came time for me to draft the story of what I envisioned would be my first film as a director, I stepped back and took stock of what might make a unique story. What was it that I knew that I could bring to a project that would make it feel… different, fresh.
“I realized that I had never seen a Jewish horror film that was set in the Hasidic community or that dealt with truly Jewish themes in terms of its lore and construction. The idea of a shomer facing a demon allowed me to explore the culture of Hasidic New York and, at the same time, dig into the horror filmmaking that I love.”
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