THE VIGIL (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Dave Davis (Dark Meridian), Menashe Lustig (Menashe), Malky Goldman (film debut), Lynn Cohen (Munich), Fred Melamed (A Serious Man), Ronald Cohen (Where Is Joel Baum?), Nati Rabinowitz (film debut), Moshe Lobel (film debut), Hershy Fishman (Menashe), Lea Kalisch (film debut), Dun Laskey (film debut), Efraim Miller (film debut), Rob Tunstall (Extracurricular Activities), Spencer Zender (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Keith Thomas (film debut), director, writer; J.D. Lifshitz (Contracted), Adam Margules (Laid in America) and Raphael Margules (Dismissed), producers; Michael Yezerski (Blindspotting), composer; Zach Kuperstein (The Eyes of My Mother), cinematographer; Brett W. Bachman (Mandy), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Yakov Ronen (Davis) reluctantly agrees to provide the overnight watch of a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community, only to find himself going up against a malevolent entity…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This Jewish-themed horror film provides some seriously spooky atmosphere, in what is essentially a one-man show that gives main actor Dave Davis a chance to shine.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 31ST JULY 2020

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