The Vigil -2019 Jun 2026

★★★★ (4/5) Streaming Availability: Currently available on Hulu, Amazon Prime (rent/buy), and Shudder.

Directed by Keith Thomas in his feature debut, The Vigil strips away the spectacle of modern horror blockbusters and focuses on intimate, primal fear. By grounding its supernatural elements in the orthodox Jewish tradition of sitting with the dead, the film offers a fresh, claustrophobic, and intellectually stimulating nightmare that lingers long after the credits roll. the vigil -2019

Set over the course of a single night in the Hasidic neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn, the story follows Yakov Ronen Amazon Prime (rent/buy)