The Offering: Jewish esoteric and Kabbalah horror film set among a Hassidic Jewish community in Brooklyn. An old man has been engaged with the darker paths of Jewish Mysticism, trying to contact his dead wife, unwittingly he summons up a demon but seals it in his body through suicide and an amulet. A prodigal son returns to his undertaker father and through greed and ineptitude sets the demon loose. Some good representations of the demon both as a child and a horrific monster but not just those, it is a trickster taking on many forms. Really disturbing in places, with the demon levitating people and killing them. Always ensure that your summoning circle is unbroken, The film is mostly shot in a dim home/funeral parlour with it's morgue underground. The building itself is a star in the narrative. Directed by Oliver Park and written by Hank Hoffman. 7/10.
Review of The Offering
