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Do horror and Hasidim mix? A new film says yes

JL;DR SUMMARY Hank Hoffman and Jonathan Yunger's film "The Offering" explores Jewish horror through the story of a Hasidic funeral director plagued by the demon Abyzou in Borough Park, Brooklyn. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Cultural RepresentationKabbalahJewish MysticismHasidicCinemaBorough ParkHorrorThe OfferingAbyzou

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"It wasnt Hoffmans first time pulling an all-nighter he used to work the spookiest shift in Judaism as a shomer, or guardian, at a Jewish morgue in Toronto."
New York, United States
"A morgue is a central setting for Hoffman and Yungers new horror film The Offering, about a Hasidic funeral director in Borough Park, Brooklyn, whos haunted by a demon called Abyzou."
Sofia, Bulgaria
"Director Oliver Park, an English filmmaker who isnt Jewish, brought Yunger and Hoffmans script to life in Sofia, Bulgaria, during the peak of the COVID pandemic."

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