IFC Midnight has shared trailer for the U.S. release of the supernatural horror The Vigil. Written and directed by Keith Thomas, the film follows Yakov (Dave Davis), a man who finds himself faced with a malevolent entity when he is asked to watch over the body of a recently deceased man from his former Hasidic community; watch the trailer here…
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.
The Vigil is set for release in the U.S. on February 26th.
