A visceral and terrifying supernatural horror film, set in a world audiences have never before experienced.

Set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn’s Hassidic “Boro” Park neighborhood, THE VIGIL follows Yakov, a former Hassid, as he accepts a position as a shomer, hired to “sit the vigil” and watch over the body of a deceased community member.

Having lost his faith, Yakov isn’t eager to go back to the insular religious community he only recently fled. But when Reb Shulem, a rabbi and confidante, approaches Yakov after a support group meeting and offers to pay Yakov to be the shomer for a recently deceased Holocaust survivor, he reluctantly accepts the job.

Shortly after arriving at the dilapidated house, Yakov realizes that something is very, very wrong. This will not be a quiet vigil.

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• Producer(s): J. D. LIFSHITZ, Raphael MARGULES
• Screenplay: Keith THOMAS

• Genre(s): Horror
Release date: 26 February 2021


• Production company: BoulderLight Pictures
• Production date: 2019
• Country of Origin: United States of America
• Language: English
• Duration: 88 min