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  • THE VIGIL (no spoilers)

    From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 9 17:06:31 2021
    A fragile young man agrees to sit THE VIGIL over a newly deceased
    stranger. Unlike Christian spookery, Jewish horror gets scant attention
    from the movie biz ...and indeed this viewer felt a bit foreign here.
    But, no collection plate is passed, and ultimately the immersion's
    novelty somewhat compensates for what may have been a shoestring budget.
    And, most importantly, things do look boo-ish. Somewhat recommended.

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Oct 9 18:59:32 2021
    On Saturday, 9 October 2021 at 17:06:34 UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    A fragile young man agrees to sit THE VIGIL over a newly deceased
    stranger. Unlike Christian spookery, Jewish horror gets scant attention
    from the movie biz ...and indeed this viewer felt a bit foreign here.
    But, no collection plate is passed, and ultimately the immersion's
    novelty somewhat compensates for what may have been a shoestring budget.
    And, most importantly, things do look boo-ish. Somewhat recommended.

    Jews have no real Hell. That cuts out a lot of potential. They're left with Golems.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to RichA on Sun Oct 10 09:43:42 2021
    On 10/9/2021 9:59 PM, RichA wrote:
    On Saturday, 9 October 2021 at 17:06:34 UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    A fragile young man agrees to sit THE VIGIL over a newly deceased
    stranger. Unlike Christian spookery, Jewish horror gets scant attention
    from the movie biz ...and indeed this viewer felt a bit foreign here.
    But, no collection plate is passed, and ultimately the immersion's
    novelty somewhat compensates for what may have been a shoestring budget.
    And, most importantly, things do look boo-ish. Somewhat recommended.

    Jews have no real Hell. That cuts out a lot of potential. They're left with Golems.

    I don't recall Hell being much of a menace in scary movies, just in
    Hallowe'en haunted houses in the Bible Belt...

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Mon Oct 11 11:48:45 2021
    On 10/10/2021 8:43 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 10/9/2021 9:59 PM, RichA wrote:
    On Saturday, 9 October 2021 at 17:06:34 UTC-4, [email protected]
    wrote:
    A fragile young man agrees to sit THE VIGIL over a newly deceased
    stranger. Unlike Christian spookery, Jewish horror gets scant attention
    from the movie biz ...and indeed this viewer felt a bit foreign here.
    But, no collection plate is passed, and ultimately the immersion's
    novelty somewhat compensates for what may have been a shoestring budget. >>> And, most importantly, things do look boo-ish. Somewhat recommended.

    Jews have no real Hell.  That cuts out a lot of potential.  They're
    left with Golems.

    I don't recall Hell being much of a menace in scary movies, just in Hallowe'en haunted houses in the Bible Belt...


    If Jews have read "Rich's" posts they know what hell is.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Mon Oct 11 11:47:44 2021
    On 10/9/2021 4:06 PM, moviePig wrote:

    A fragile young man agrees to sit THE VIGIL over a newly deceased
    stranger.  Unlike Christian spookery, Jewish horror gets scant attention from the movie biz ...and indeed this viewer felt a bit foreign here.
    But, no collection plate is passed, and ultimately the immersion's
    novelty somewhat compensates for what may have been a shoestring budget.
    And, most importantly, things do look boo-ish.  Somewhat recommended.


    If "Jewish horror" is a thing then movies with exorcisms are "Catholic
    horror." Laughable. Anyhoo, I thought the movie was terrific. A
    premise no one has ever seen before and it created one of the creepiest atmospheres I've ever seen in a movie. It literally made me
    uncomfortable to watch.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to trotsky on Mon Oct 11 14:07:08 2021
    On 10/11/2021 12:47 PM, trotsky wrote:
    On 10/9/2021 4:06 PM, moviePig wrote:

    A fragile young man agrees to sit THE VIGIL over a newly deceased
    stranger.  Unlike Christian spookery, Jewish horror gets scant
    attention from the movie biz ...and indeed this viewer felt a bit
    foreign here. But, no collection plate is passed, and ultimately the
    immersion's novelty somewhat compensates for what may have been a
    shoestring budget. And, most importantly, things do look boo-ish.
    Somewhat recommended.


    If "Jewish horror" is a thing then movies with exorcisms are "Catholic horror."  Laughable.  Anyhoo, I thought the movie was terrific.  A
    premise no one has ever seen before and it created one of the creepiest atmospheres I've ever seen in a movie.  It literally made me
    uncomfortable to watch.

    Horror movies have long been free to sport Christian/Catholic tropes
    without even cursory explanation ...so yeah, this was different. I also appreciated how the movie clung to at least token ambivalence toward
    religion itself. And, yes, its premise was solid enough -- far creepier
    than "golems", e.g. -- that we can wonder why it's not been used before.

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