A Very Jewish Horror in Attachment: Filmmaker Gabriel Bier Gislason discusses cultural authenticity

Catholicism has ruined the supernatural. Too many horror films in too many cultures are basically The Exorcist in a different hat.That’s why films that truly come from a place of different cultural understanding are both rare and fascinating. Take, for example, Jewish horror films: Jewish horror was a pivotal part of early cinema, like Paul Wegener’s Der Golem trilogy and Michał Waszyński’s 1937 adaptation of S. Ansky’s play The Dybbuk. But it hasn’t been until recently that there has been a resurgence in Jewish horror, with the late Marcin Wrona’s Demon, and more recently Keith Thomas’ The Vigil.

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