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The Vigil (2020) — Stream on AMC+ · CriticCrunch

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The Vigil

Movie2020·88 min

The Vigil

Directed by Keith Thomas

A horror mystery film directed by Keith Thomas.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 58%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

5.8/10

437 ratings

About The Vigil

A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Contemplative
Story Tags: faith existentialism, trauma recovery, isolation loneliness, supernatural, religion, new york, isolated dwelling, strangers forced together, everyman, siege bottle, slow burn reveal, demon occult, ghost haunting

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Details

Director: Keith Thomas
Language: English

Cast

Dave Davis, Lynn Cohen, Menashe Lustig

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How The Vigil Ranks

All movies

Top 58%

2020s movies

Top 63%

Horror movies

Top 57%

Top 58% All movies.

the vibe

The Vigil Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkintenseapproachableseriousintimatehauntingunsettlingcontemplative

What it's about

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

texture

unsettlinguneasy

siege bottle

slow-burn reveal

faith existentialism

trauma recovery

isolation loneliness

everyman

strangers forced together

supernatural

religion

demon & occult

haunting

New York

isolated dwelling

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9