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Top three-quel is excellent to fans of duo

- The Vigil

Netflix

If you’re after a creepy, tense little horror to leave you with a real desire to keep the lights on then look no further than The Vigil.

The simple story follows Dave Davis’ Yakov who left an Orthodox Jewish community but agrees to provide an overnight watch to a deceased Jew — paying a terrifying price in the process.

Writer-director Keith Thomas portrays a sure hand with all things horror in his feature film debut.

Setting most of the flick in a singlehous­e location, and giving Yakov no escape from the entity he comes across, leaves him – and us – trapped and at the mercy of his night from hell.

Thomas’ movie is bathed in darkness, often with only a mobile phone screen or candles providing light, and anything could be lurking around the frame of his camera.

In similar fashion to 2016’s The Autopsy of Jane Doe, the constant

Bill & Ted Face the Music

DVD

The totally awesome duo return for a third outing 29 years after they went on their Bogus Journey.

And while they may have aged a little, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter re-fill Bill and Ted’s shoes like they last had them on their feet yesterday.

This is exactly the kind of feel-good, optimism- heavy flick that we all need right now.

It lacks some of its predecesso­rs’charm and originalit­y but Bill and Ted’s added maturity, complete with grown up daughters, gives them welcome extra layers.

There are some ace cameos and it’s great seeing William Sadler’s Death back in business.

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