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We are living in a world that is so fast paced and so many people want some sort of super instant gratification from everything. If something on the screen isn't super action oriented it gets called "Slow and Boring" Everyone just "Slow down!" Enjoy a movie that tells a story, has character development, teaches you some things about other cultures, religions, and their differences. Not just cheesy jump scares and stupid dialog.

I really liked this movie. The acting was very good from people I have never seen before, and if you give yourself time to breathe and enjoy it you will be rewarded with a good story with an evil protagonist and some super gory outcomes for the people in the story. The scenery is great as well as the photography.

I don't want to spoil anything. I'll just say leave the world for 90 minutes and immerse yourself and concentrate and you'll realize some movies are slow for a reason.

If I listened to reviewers I'd miss out on many great movies.

The movie was a bit slow, but the acting was great, and the sets and cinematography were spot on. there was nothing new as far as horror tropes go, but i enjoyed watching!

Look we get it: the movie is slow. Though it's very unique, at least in my opinion and it seems to be super overlooked by impatient viewers. It's very stylized which you can take as you will, but pulls it off in a way that's not too over the top or anticlimactic. I feel like this movie was more a drama about dealing with your grief (albeit in a mystical way) rather than just a monster horror movie. There's not much to be said without spoiling a lot as the movie is a bit easy to figure out with a a few details.

I wouldn't call it a horror but it is a nice one

Its a bit of everything. But mostly drama I wouldn't spoil it but its worth to watch

This one proved to be decently more successful than I had originally anticipated. It is most certainly a slow burn but more in the way of tension building than boring. I definitely feel as though there could have been a few more layers to the story. It has a thorough plot line but not all THAT much happened. Could have picked up the pace and given us a little more to work with as far as character development and plot goes.

I was particularly impressed with some of the shots and the quality. Every so often there was a still that I could have hung up on my wall. Very visually pleasing with really nice lighting. Also the acting was quite good all around. One thing that I found distracting was how put together a lot of the ladies looked. Make up and perfectly styled hair brought me out of the moment at times.

All in all this wasn't extraordinary but solidly entertaining with some really strong aspects. Would recommend.

This movie was entertaining enough and well played. I thought it would be more "horrific". It's definitely not a horror movie. Much more a fantastic-historic one, with just a little bit of gore.

This movie was well shot, well acted, and the special effects were adequate. The plot, action, and horror were all just missing for the majority of the movie. The story is really simple, it's centered around a small Jewish community in Europe during the 1700's when a bout of plague starts ravaging a neighboring community of Catholic's. The Catholic's blame the plague on Jewish "magic" basically because their community was left untouched due to how remote and segregated their lifestyles are.

Well an angry mob of Catholic's arrive with a very sick child and demand the Jewish folk cure her or face death. One of the towns folk takes it upon herself to summon the Golem, an ancient protector formed out of clay and tasked with defending the Jewish people. Which it...kinda does?

So far everything is fine, simple and easy to understand as that's essentially the whole plot. The problem is almost NOTHING happens for the majority of the movie and it's extremely slow paced. When the "horror" finally happens there's only about 10 minutes of movie left and they rush right through it without showing much of it. And then it ends.

So not terrible, but that's the best review I can personally write without giving any spoilers. It's watchable but you're not missing anything if you skip it.

Like The Witch or Hereditary, this is a simple, slow-moving film that's about atmosphere and isolation and creepiness, not horror or jump scares. The telling of the Golem tale is very accurate to the most common versions, so if you are a folklore fan you will be satisfied. And it's only 90 minutes long.

I have mixed feeling about The Golem. I was up for watching a horror movie but I don't think you could categorize this movie as such. There are some gore moments but you never get that creepy tension while watching The Golem, a kid covered in mud isn't the most frightening thing to watch. The acting was okay, nothing award winning but nothing terrible either. The story is something new so that's a good point but it's also much too slow, too many moments where you just wait for something to happen and that is, if you're a bit tired, not good.

The reviews of this being "too slow" or "not a horror" are honestly missing what makes a horror movie a horror. It doesn't have to be slashers or jumpscares, horror can be tales of the strange and macabre. Like the monumental classics. This film would stand right alongside the classics of the 30s, though it has more gore. This movie is an excellent example of those alternatives. A dark story of loss, vengeance, and fear. One set in a very interesting historical time period and based on actual lore. With this, the film itself has gorgeous cinematography and a wonderful score. If you love classic horror, dark dramas, or just fine cinema then ignore the unnecessarily low reviews and check this one out.

This is a relatively slow-progressing period piece psychological horror about dealing with loss. If you tend to enjoy movies like Witch, Mother!, The Village and Hereditary, you might like this one.

I did. But, there are some caveats.

It's slim on action, chock full of slow head turn shots, moody lingering shots, dark shots, and brooding expressions. It is heavy, emotional and exhausting to watch, but I enjoy slow burning, emotionally heavy psychological horror. It isn't a masterpiece, but I felt like the material was dealt with in a generally satisfactory way with good cinematography and descent acting.

That being said, there are inconsistencies in the plot regarding the monster which bugged me, and occasional over-reliance on slow motion drama shots and tedious reveals which occasionally made the film feel overlong. Without spoilers, I felt the payoff at the end was sufficient, given the plot and build, and it had a bit of cleverness woven in.

I enjoyed the backdrop of an orthodox Jewish community and the fact much of the mythology was pulled from the Kabbalah and Hebrew tradition (though grossly misrepresented, as Catholicism generally is in the horror genre).

I also enjoyed the way the movie dealt with the relatively popular theme material (at least in psychological horror) of dealing with loss. That is definitely not an original idea, and I've seen a dozen horror movies over the past year tackling the topic, nevertheless I felt this one was very watchable.

We really enjoyed watching this horror/thriller. The historical setting and community portrayal were really interesting though it felt earlier than the late 19th century (till the guns came out).

Part of what engaged me was seeing orthodox Jewish life in a small and very informal feeling community (Similar to the series about the orthodox Jewish girl in New York escaping an unhappy existence)

The themes in this film are a community in peril/forbidden or dangerous power in the supernatural / personal relationships and child loss.

The golem itself was a great vehicle for exploring these themes and I thought the whole thing was beautifully shot and very well acted.

There is one scene where i think sex was used to increase tension in a scene, but personally I think it was unnecessary, though I can see how it was intended to be climactic

I don't understand why there are so many negative reviews on the Internet for this - nor your typical horror, but there is gore rather than screams. (a bit too much gore for me personally).

A really engaging film which I enjoyed watching.

The story is simple still somewhat terrifying about mythical creature. It's sweet and short movie not wasting much of your time and keeps you entertain. A good one.

What an incredibly dull and boring and predictable pile of hogwash. There were some creepy moments which could've been taken advantage of but were not. Some nice kill effects. Too much lame o story. Was waiting for it to end so I could make fun of my friend who chose it.

I don't know what some of these reviewers are watching i found The Golem to be a very well made film.Its definetly horror but its intelligent theres a story to it not some mindless blood fest.Its very well acted ,i was very involved when i watched it.

With her community under attack, a woman uses forbidden knowledge to summon a monster to defend them.

The golem is a creature from folk horror, conjured out of the earth to kill according to the wishes of its creator. Funny that, because the director has decided to treat his audience like golems through clumsy commands that tell us how to think and feel. First up is an unnecessary voice-over in the opening scene, removing the potential for mystery, but above all is the heaving music - introduced with a bone vibrating bass before the credits, and only ever giving way to wind noises that keep our mood marching in line. It is appropriate in the gory climax, but in less active scenes the music even overwhelms the dialogue. And whatever happened to creating atmosphere with silence? Pity, because some of it is interesting, with bitter-sweet Yiddish touches. I wonder if the producer was responsible. In any event, it almost ruins a good story.

The performances and pace are good, kept up to speed with solid editing, and the camera work and location are convincing. But what about the golem? Thankfully, after an initial orcish impression, they steer away from creature-feature and opt for a young boy covered in mud, which injects an uncanny element. There's also an interesting cross-current of grieving motherhood. But what really clinches the writing is the notion of the golem as a sort of reverse-scapegoat, bringing the people's urges to fruition rather than bearing away their sins, with terrible consequences. So we end up with the impossible dilemma of how to stop the killers without becoming a killer oneself. No answers here, I'm afraid, but that does give substance to the story.

I was hoping for more insight on Kabbalah but, apart from the line that God is all around, it's treated in a whirl of arcane yada-yada-yada, rounded off with a perfunctory montage to convey the casting of the fateful spell. And the spooky touches are weak, just routine performances of the usual tricks.

Overall: Interesting screenplay, tolerably well directed, but that music - sheesh!

This movie has about 30min of contents and the director just slo mo the crap outta it to make it 90 min long.

First the look of the film is very good. Set in a more religiously rigid era in the past, a Jewish community has its superstition and its herbal medicine to make life more frustrating. Still a young couple hope to use everything at their disposal to finally conceive a child after 7 yrs of no luck. A midwife tells the wife in tbe opening scenes that her 7 yrs of Good luck are beginning. This film gets the creepy mood right with great costumes, good cinematography as it adds to the community's tight knit closeness becoming more paranoid. They are surrounded by gentiles where they live ( Rural European country?) Plenty of religious ceremonial imagery including the normal weddings as well as a top temple Rabbi who MAY have summoned an entiry ( golem) in the first scenes that will make sense later. Acting is pretty seemless as the cast all look great as their characters. Once a villager violently ruins a wedding to suggest its the religious spells of this isolated Jewish community that made HIS daughter ill- the villiage is under pressure to save the child and try the most extreme methods to avoid the threats becoming another tragedy for them.

Once the outsiders surround the village so threateningly- things gets tense. I love a good dark period piece thats also a horror film. The Kabbalas secrets are mentioned as a way to find some protection, by the wife- she is dismissed. So thats the background on this 2018 film. I liked it, wasn't bored, and was on edge and surprised by other subplots that kept the pace swift. A good way to get your witchcraft fix in another sauce.

If you like supernatural beyond the Blum variety, you may enjoy it at 94 mins.

Wouldn't consider this as a horror, but it's a good film regardless.