The Vigil

Repeated flashbacks include a character being forced to shoot another and a young person being attacked and hit by a car. Death is mentioned frequently and a dead body is seen beneath a sheet. Characters fall down steps and are knocked unconscious, cut their hand on glass resulting in bloody cuts, and are set alight. Bones are seen to twist and crunch and something living is pulled from a character's mouth in body horror scenes. Strong threat is maintained for most of the movie, with flashes of demonic figures and ghostly apparitions seen. Reference is made to the Holocaust.

Occasional use of language includes "a--hole," and derogatory terms such as "Jewboy" and "goy."

Character takes prescription pills.

Parents need to know that The Vigil is a horror movie with strong threat throughout and frightening supernatural occurrences. The story revolves around Yakov (Dave Davis), who takes a job as a shomer for a recently deceased member of the Hasidic Jewish community, watching over his body until burial. Death is mentioned frequently and the covered body is in shot for much of the film. There are several disturbing instances of body horror -- such as when a living thing is pulled from someone's mouth -- and flashbacks where characters are injured and die. The Holocaust is referenced, and mention is made of Alzheimer's, and mental health issues with one character subsequently taking prescribed pills. Some language includes "a--hole" and discriminatory terms that may offend both the Jewish and non-Jewish community. Some lines are spoken in Yiddish and Hebrew, and are subtitled, although readings from scriptures are not.

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