Friday, January 14, 2011
Jewish dibbuk spirit gets Sam Raimi makeover
A disembodied spirit out of Jewish folklore is to be the subject of a new horror film.
Spiderman director Sam Raimi is to produce “Dibbuk Box”, which will tell the story of a family cursed when they open a mysterious haunted box.
The film, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan of Grey’s Anatomy fame, is set to be released in time for Halloween.
Traditionally spelt with a Y, a dybbuk is said to be a malicious spirit that escapes from the soul of a deceased person and attaches itself to that of a living person in order to complete something left unfinished.
A dybbuk last appeared on screen in the opening scene of the Coen brothers’ film A Serious Man.
It also made it on to the internet in 2009, when a renowned Israeli master of kabbalah attempted to exorcise a dybbuk from a Brazilian man during a Skype session.
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/43740/jewish-dibbuk-spirit-gets-sam-raimi-makeover
Spiderman director Sam Raimi is to produce “Dibbuk Box”, which will tell the story of a family cursed when they open a mysterious haunted box.
The film, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan of Grey’s Anatomy fame, is set to be released in time for Halloween.
Traditionally spelt with a Y, a dybbuk is said to be a malicious spirit that escapes from the soul of a deceased person and attaches itself to that of a living person in order to complete something left unfinished.
A dybbuk last appeared on screen in the opening scene of the Coen brothers’ film A Serious Man.
It also made it on to the internet in 2009, when a renowned Israeli master of kabbalah attempted to exorcise a dybbuk from a Brazilian man during a Skype session.
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/43740/jewish-dibbuk-spirit-gets-sam-raimi-makeover
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