# The Vigil- A Very Jewish Horror Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vigil-a-very-jewish-horror-movie/915262 "2020-07-14T00:23:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vigil-a-very-jewish-horror-movie/915262/1 "2020-07-14T00:23:56Z")
In Jewish tradition, somebody stays with the body and prays and watches until it is buried. In Jewish tradition, a dybbuk is a kind of evil ghost caught between this world and the next. Put the two together and you have The Vigil. > **[A Jewish Horror Film With Yiddish Dialogue Is Coming Soon – Kveller](https://www.kveller.com/a-jewish-horror-film-with-yiddish-dialogue-is-coming-soon/?utm_source=Kveller_Maropost&utm_campaign=kveller&utm_medium=email&mpweb=1161-21197-171067)** > > From the Netflix series Unorthodox to Seth Rogen’s forthcoming film, An American Pickle, there’s been a recent spate of TV shows and movies of late that incorporate Yiddish. Now, there’s a horror film to add to the list: The Vigil. The film, directed... Speaking as a Jew, I’m so excited I could plotz. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vigil-a-very-jewish-horror-movie/915262/2 "2020-07-14T00:25:38Z")
You ever schlep a tombstone? It’s quite a schlep! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vigil-a-very-jewish-horror-movie/915262/3 "2020-07-14T00:27:42Z")
On a more serious note, when the Exorcist came out somebody tried a Jewish horror novel. It was called The Tribe. I’ve read it. There are good reasons you’ve never heard of it. But The Vigil looks like it could actually be good. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vigil-a-very-jewish-horror-movie/915262/4 "2020-07-14T02:11:22Z")
First I’ve heard of it, but I will be watching. Don’t forget to mention the production of _Fiddler_ in Yiddish. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vigil-a-very-jewish-horror-movie/915262/5 "2020-07-14T05:38:25Z")
In the middle of [the trailer](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O8EIEZODKPM) it says “a potential for a new franchise.” I can imagine a whole series of movies, each more schlocky (google google–yep, Yiddish!) and with a smaller budget than the last, until the 5th is about the ghost of an infant who died during his bris targeting his mohel for revenge and the 7th is a straight-up remake of _Leprechaun in the Hood_ for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vigil-a-very-jewish-horror-movie/915262/6 "2020-07-14T09:57:36Z")
_Boychiks in the Hood_! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vigil-a-very-jewish-horror-movie/915262/7 "2020-07-14T12:19:42Z")
I’ve seen _The Mikado_ in Yiddish. It was a very Jewish horror, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vigil-a-very-jewish-horror-movie/915262/8 "2020-07-14T14:47:08Z")
The title Boychiks In The Hood is already taken. [https://www.amazon.com/Boychiks-Hood-Travels-Hasidic-Underground/dp/0062512234](https://www.amazon.com/Boychiks-Hood-Travels-Hasidic-Underground/dp/0062512234) Ive read some of it. My mother used to have a copy. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vigil-a-very-jewish-horror-movie/915262/9 "2020-07-14T16:23:17Z")
My father hates that he has nobody to practice his Yiddish with. I sent him the link he might enjoy that movie when it does release. My sister might also be interested but she hates horror movies.