The Vigil

Ronen (Dave Davis) is a young man who has renounced his Orthodox Jewish observances and is trying to integrate with mainstream culture and less restrictive practices.

He's not doing great, struggling to find work and low on money.

Ronen is asked to stand as Shomer by one of his old community: waiting until dawn with a body when the undertakers will come.

While initially reluctant he negotiates a higher fee for this, which he's done before when he was still active in the Orthodox community, and agrees.

The deceased was a  survivor of the Holocaust who'd been a recluse for many decades.

No good will come of this

CW: jump scares and a little body horror

This is fairly standard 'haunting' horror given a frisson of freshness by making it use Jewish/Yiddish folklore themes in its construction. It's very conventional though really and didn't hold my attention.

OK, nothing special 6/10.