The Vigil - Die Totenwache

Originaltitel: The Vigil

2019
16
1 Std. 29 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,8/10

10.292

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Dave Davis in The Vigil - Die Totenwache (2019)

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 over the body of a deceased community member. Shortly after arriving at the recently departed's dilapidated house to sit the vidil, Yakov begins to realize that something is very, very wrong.

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Supernatural Horror Horror Mystery Thriller

Ein Mann, der ein verstorbenes Mitglied seiner ehemaligen orthodoxen jüdischen Gemeinde über Nacht bewacht, steht einem böswilligen Wesen gegenüber.Ein Mann, der ein verstorbenes Mitglied seiner ehemaligen orthodoxen jüdischen Gemeinde über Nacht bewacht, steht einem böswilligen Wesen gegenüber.Ein Mann, der ein verstorbenes Mitglied seiner ehemaligen orthodoxen jüdischen Gemeinde über Nacht bewacht, steht einem böswilligen Wesen gegenüber.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,8/10

10.292

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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Title Card: For thousands of years, religious Jews have practiced the ritual of 'The Vigil' - When a member of the community dies, the body is watched round-the-clock in shifts by a Shomer, or watchman, who recites the Psalms to comfort the deceased's soul and protect it from unseen evil. This watchman is typically a family member or friend, but there are paid Shomers... Hired to sit the Vigil when no one else can.

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Another horror movie that'll be quickly forgotten, despite a unique backdrop

The Vigil has the merit of taking place on a road rarely trodden by horror films: Jewish folklore. And that's about the only original thing about the film, which follows scenes already seen hundreds of times, with a hero with heavy post-traumatic stress in the background.

Despite an original starting idea and an interesting horrific setting, The Vigil seriously struggles to excite the viewer. The usual jump scares and sudden appearances do not work. The soundtrack, all shrill saturated screams, seems more frightened than the viewer. The misadventures of the protagonist are underwhelming, and the feeling of déjà-vu that reigns makes the film banal.

Quite disappointing, as the first half of the moving was promising, and I was excited to watch a horror movie with a Jewish backdrop.