Israeli jets streak across the morning sky and start dropping bombs in the city. Interestingly, beyond the prophetic rantings of Kevin and King David, there isn’t a whole lot of build-up to the End of Days, but when it starts, it arrives with a bang. Kevin panics and starts ranting about needing to leave before it’s too late, but he goes a bit too far and is sequestered away in the local asylum which is as bad as the proverbial Turkish prison. Kevin too senses something amiss, after touring Solomon’s mines but can’t put his finger on it. One man who does seem to know a bit more is the local crazy man, King David, who speaks of something dreadful coming. It’s for the good of the population, right? Uh-huh. The demon is killed, and the rabbis, priests, and imams all present kept it a secret. We were forewarned in the introduction of the film that the leaders of the great religions of Jerusalem had, thirty years ago, uncovered a portal from hell that spawned a recently deceased woman who comes back as a winged demon.
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It is much more effective than the usual trope of the camera holder POV, as it feels more natural, and it also has some fun moments where pop-up applications are used, like mapping and photo snapshots, plus the unfortunately timed cat videos and music streaming. What it does very well chronicles the “you are there” effect, as there is a lot of breaking the fourth wall moments as the other actors react directly to the “camera”.Īnother effect of the Google Glass is that despite our protagonist nominally being Sarah, it is Rachael who becomes the actress in the forefront, since Sarah is essentially the viewer. We’re still waiting for that revolution, but it makes an effective shaky-cam found-footage conceit.
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We see this movie through the eyes of Sarah, who is wearing what in 2015 was supposed to be the next big thing… Google Glass, the spectacles with a head’s up display that act as a camera/media center and was to spark a new revolution of technology.
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The Paz brothers really know how to show off the city, and it exudes exotic cool… which turns into claustrophobic dread. Omar takes them (and the audience) on a walking tour of the city’s highlights. The trio arrives at a wonderfully exotic hostel, where they meet a charming and handsome host, Omar ( Tom Graziani), who ingratiates himself with the group, and it takes a remarkably short time for the group to couple up. They all conveniently ignore the red flags presented by Kevin that he is fascinated with the Apocalypse, the End of Days. If they are traveling for Yom Kippur, they absolutely HAVE to go to the Holy City. When they share their itinerary with him, he convinces them that they should bypass Tel Aviv, and instead, should join him on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The ladies strike up a conversation with a charming young Anthropology student, Kevin ( Yon Tumarkin). Sarah Pullman ( Danielle Jadelyn) is a young woman grieving over the recent death of her brother and her best friend Rachael ( Yael Grobglas) is going to cheer her up by joining her on a vacation getaway to lovely Tel Aviv to dance, drink, and find some handsome young men to party with and get Sarah over her funereal funk. It all sounded so innocuous and innocent. JeruZalem is a rarity: a heavily Jewish themed horror film. What’s the best time to go on holiday to Jerusalem to see the sights? Probably not during the End of Days, as did the unfortunate young visitors stumbled into in the shaky-cam apocalyptic tale, JeruZalem. Old Testament demon in JeruZalem (2015) ✡✡✡1/2 out of ✡✡✡✡✡
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