I wish this had been a better horror movie. Content warning: dead child, moderate goreHanna (Hani Furstenberg) has had seven years of misery after losing her son to an accident. She seeks refuge in religious scholarship, specifically the mysticism of Kabbalah. When her village is threatened by angry Gentiles blaming them for an outbreak of plague, Hanna decides to create a golem, a legendary protector, despite being warned of the danger by a survivor of the Golem of Prague. See, the problem is that the creature is linked to its creator, so it responds to subconscious threats as well as overt.
The story of the Golem of Prague is such a good one and it's a shame to see it basically stripped for parts to make a Rosemary's Baby knock-off. It's not a good grief analogy and it's not a good antisemitism analogy. It's not even a very good basic horror. There just seems to be a lack of conviction or overall point to be made. Hanna feels like a cardboard cutout so there's no emotional connection and everyone around her is kind of a drip.
I love horror based outside American Christianity and I'm pleased this was made, but I wish this had been a stronger film. It's streaming on Peacock.
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