“THE VIGIL” Opens This Friday – Supernatural Horror in Hasidic Brooklyn

Synopsis

Steeped in ancient Jewish lore and demonology, THE VIGIL is 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 (Dave Davis) reluctantly accepts an offer from his former rabbi and confidante (Menashe Lustig) to take on the responsibility of an overnight “shomer,” fulfilling the Jewish practice of watching over the body of a deceased community member. Shortly after arriving at the recently departed’s dilapidated house to sit the vigil, Yakov begins to realize that something is very, very wrong.

Opens in Select Theaters, on Digital Platforms
and VOD This Friday
Directed by: Keith Thomas
Written by: Keith Thomas
Produced by: Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Adam Margules
Cinematographer: Zach Kuperstein
Edited by: Brett W. Bachman
Starring: Dave Davis, Malky Goldman, Menashe Lustig and Lynn Cohen
Runtime: 88 mins