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There’s now a queer, sexy contender in the Jewish horror movie boom

JL;DR SUMMARY Gabriel Bier Gislason's film "Attachment" injects fresh energy into the Jewish horror genre with a queer twist. 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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Yiddish LanguageTraditionFamily DynamicsLgbtqHaredi CommunityJewish HorrorQueer CinemaGabriel Bier GislasonAttachmentSupernatural Elements

Places mentioned

Borough Park, New York, United States
"set in Jewish morgues in Borough Park, rely heavily on wizened older guys musty from old forbidden tomes."
London, United Kingdom
"Largely set in a Haredi quarter of London, the plot kicks off at a library in Copenhagen."
Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
"the plot kicks off at a library in Copenhagen."

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