{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F0e72bed0-6ec3-455d-a043-7df0fa6bc678","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Dark Discussions Podcast - Episode 489 - THE VIGIL (2021)","description":"\nWhen someone passes in the Jewish Orthodox faith, there is a vigil.\u00a0 A person, known a s a shomer, stays up with the recently deceased to make sure that evil spirits or other nefarious entities stays away so the soul of those who passed may go in peace.\u00a0 The position in modern days is ceremonial, but what happens if demons or monsters do exist in such circumstances?\u00a0 The new movie, THE VIGIL, shows us what just might.\n\n\n\nYakov Ronen (Dave Davis) is part of a support group of Jewish folk who have left the Orthodox community in New York City.\u00a0\u00a0 When a former member of his temple asks him to do shomer for the recently deceased Mr. Litvak, he agrees to do so for $400.\u00a0 However, he is introduced to the deceased widow who has dementia, who doesn\u2019t want him there.\u00a0 But by the end of the night, he may have something much more worrisome to be concerned about.\n\n\n\nThe film is the motion picture debut of director and screenwriter Keith Thomas.\u00a0 Having played festival circuits since 2019, the movie finally was released in the United States in February to much praise by critics.\u00a0 Dark Discussions takes a look at this supernatural thriller and gives their thoughts.\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/11c708c5-3f35-43ea-b06f-8a88ba0c2b74/dark-discussions-3000x3000-zombie-graveyard-1-scaled.jpg"}