Synopsis
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
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Cast
- Dave DavisYakov Ronen
- Lynn CohenMrs. Litvak
- Menashe LustigReb Shulem
- Malky GoldmanSarah
- Fred MelamedDr. Kohlberg
- Nati RabinowitzLane
- Moshe LobelLazer
- Spencer ZenderEric
- Dun LaskeyYoung Rubin
- Hershy Fishman
Recommendations
- 80
Empire
Featuring strong performances and excellent effects work, The Vigil is a genuinely creepy debut which explores the ways in which our psychological demons can get their claws into our entire lives. - 80
The Irish Times
Dave Davis’s petrified protagonist is nothing short of star-making. - 80
Paste Magazine
The Vigil hopefully marks a trend where Catholicism no longer reigns supreme in the world of horror and filmmakers of all creeds can continue to play with decades of generic expectations. - 75
IndieWire
Above all else, the movie provides a remarkable showcase for Davis, who commands every scene as a man grasping to contain his fear of things going bump in the night while struggling with internal conflicts far heavier than the supernatural events in play. - 75
Slant Magazine
Keith Thomas’s film hums with uncanny dread, milking the close juxtaposition of living and dead for all its worth. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Horror films often offer catharsis, but rarely are they also as deeply sorrowful as Keith Thomas’s The Vigil, a horror film based in Jewish faith and culture. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Thomas keeps the tension high throughout most of the movie, even if some of his scare tactics can feel redundant. - 70
Variety
Like many such movies, The Vigil leans heavily on jump scares, and is arguably more effective during its tense buildup than in the climactic events.
