A re-imagining of the old mystical folklore that follows a woman and a tight-knit Jewish community that is besieged by foreign invaders. She conjures a dangerous creature to protect them but it may be more evil than she ever imagined.
Ha'Golem, 더 골렘, Golem, Golem La Leyenda, 골렘 위치 스토리, Голем: Начало, הגולם, Golem - Wiedergeburt, Голем: Початок, A Lenda de Golem, Chúa Quỷ, A Lenda do Golem, Голем: Началото, Golem: La leyenda, A Gólem, 傀儡, 恐怖泥人, Golemas
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A story about the destructiveness of unresolved & all consuming grief, told through a Jewish folk horror narrative. Really well done. I’m interested in knowing more about the lore used to create this film. They just brushed the tradition’s surface, but it’s still cohesive, & the plot works well as is.
This modern re-imagining of the silent era classic is The Paz Brothers' follow up to their holy land found footage run around, Jeruzalem. As with that film, they bring their own cultural heritage to bear - but in this case, not nearly enough. Where the orginal Golem was an incredible spectacle for the time, full of Jewish iconography, this new take could really be set anywhere and at any time, it's so generic.
We're tantalized at the start with a shot of a towering mud man but alas, this is a flashback; it's not our golem. Instead, we get a muddy little boy, who, after receiving a sponge bath, becomes just a little boy and never stops being just a little boy, despite the best efforts of CG enhanced dark veins and freaky eyes.
While the concept of the golem may have lost some of its original meaning in popular culture, this is not the case in this intriguing horror movie, deeply rooted in Jewish folklore and history. The Golem is a well-crafted film set in a small Jewish settlement (Shtetl) in rural Lithuania in 1673, which is under attack from hostile neighbors. The townsfolk resort to an ancient creature from Jewish mysticism in an attempt to save their town. Not only does this film pick up older legends, it also gives them a modern spin with themes of grief and child loss.
Jewish folklore and this movie are both quite fascinating. At the beginning, it clearly references the most famous golem story featuring…
I appreciate that they put some new spins on this retelling of the classic story, and there are moments of interest, but often it's just too heavy handed and exaggerated to take seriously. The effects are highly variable, and the golem looking like a normal boy for most of the movie is a let down. The acting is decent, but the script a little less so. Just kind of a middle of the road experience.
Quick Review
The Golem is directed by Doron and Yoav Paz from a script by Ariel Cohen based on the Jewish folklore of the same name, and concerns a Jewish Lithuanian woman who attempts to save her village from an invading Christian marauders by summoning an ancient spirit to protect them. Now, I've to state first that I'm a fan of the Paz brothers' previous horror feature called Jeruzalem (found-footage) and I'm also enthusiastic for anything period horror related. But The Golem, with its uniquely Judaic-centric approach, fails to garner nor hold long-lasting interest through such an interesting premise thanks to its puzzling and somewhat generic approach. Evoking an atmosphere that tries to be (and ultimately fails) The VVitch with…
A wonderfully photographed folk horror piece concerning Jewish mysticism in 17th century Lithuania. While its biggest struggle is shaking the undeservedly cheesy tone the prologue sequence sets, The Golem at its core is a dark fairy tale that is stylish and without pretention. The production design might also be the best I've seen so far this year. The film won't win any popularity contests, but it's worth checking out.
This had a lot of promise, but delivered very little. The biggest issue for me was the fact that it teases a really great monster with the opening scene. We see glimpses of a hugh bulk of a creature in a church or something. But then what we actually get for our Golem, is a 7 year old boy covered in mud. He isn’t even covered in mud for long as he’s given a wash the little oyke. I get why he’s a young boy, as the woman who summoned him had lost a child that would have been that age, but it doesn’t make for a great creature.
Then the film just plods along with very minimal amount of…
queen perla was definitely robbed
Watched as part of my 2019 Movie Wrap-Up Challenge: Dave Round 8
Better than I anticipated.
I wish I could make a son out of clay and have him come to life. We could work on the whole not-killing gentiles thing together. Okay, maybe an occasional gentile and only if they really deserve it.
The Jewish Golem fable updated to a modern sensibility - which means it's all got to be about GRIEF and TRAUMA.
Hani Furstenberg gives a strong performance in a fairly weak narrative. She's a grieving mother and wife (a young son has been lost to some 17th century hazard I can't recall right now) who has resorted to reading Kabbalist texts instead of fulfilling her duty to supply her husband with a child. After joyless sex, he remains on top of her, praying audibly to God to let her get pregnant and to also make sure it's a boy. Can't say I blame her for not getting into the raunchy spirit of things.
So when we get the Golem (conjured…
THE GOLEM ist ein israelisches Drama im Horrorgewand.
Litauen im 17. Jahrhundert, der Schauplatz ein kleines jüdisches Dorf. Während um das Dorf herum die Bevölkerung von einer Plage bzw. Krankheit heimgesucht wird, bleibt das jüdische Dorf verschont. Dies bleibt nicht unbemerkt und ein Trupp Männer, die nicht an Zufall glauben, suchen mit Gewalt nach Hilfe.
Die Rahmenhandlung soll nur über die eigentlich Problematik der Hauptcharaktere hinweg täuschen.
Ich muss gestehen, dass ich einen Moment gebraucht habe bis ich die Verbindung von der Mutter zu ihren Golem verstanden habe. Aber wenn einem klar wird, dass der Golem nicht nur ein Beschützer für das Dorf darstellt sondern vorallem ein Ersatz für den verlorenen Sohn zeigt, dann ergibt der Film einen ganz neuen…
The Golem is a movie that has a lot of things going for it, and a few things that really go against it. For one the setting and story is very interesting. While similar stories have been told (this is a remake, but there are other movies to with similar stores), it is an interesting approach for this type of story. The story follows a woman and a husband, years after failing to start a family after their son passed away. It’s a dark tale, of loss and regret. One that works really well given the horror that will eventually unfold.
The movie has some excellent cinematography in it, and the usage of what I am assuming is natural lighting…
