Holy Night: Demon Hunters review: A comedic occult action film that stands out

In Korea, summer brings horror series, films, and tests of courage. After all, there is no better way to spend balmy summer nights than pumping up the adrenaline with horror movies.

Holy Night: Demon Hunters stands out among the many flicks released this month. Starring Ma Dong-seok, Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun, Jung Ji-so and David Lee, there’s truly no need for further elaboration.

The plot

The horror occult movie revolves around the Holy Night trio going against cults that worship and summon demons.

As the cults borrow strength from demons, they eventually become emboldened and commit increasingly heinous crimes. These include murder, the scarification of individuals for demon possession, among others.

The review

While I’m not a huge fan of horror films, Holy Night: Demon Hunters perfectly blended comedic elements with the frightening ones. The show will have you gripping onto the edge of your seats in one moment and laughing your head off in the next.

Plus, the show goes a step further and combines occult with action, creating a one-of-a-kind genre of its own.

Additionally, with such a solid casting, the work is easily fully immersive for viewers. This was owing to Ma’s refreshingly detailed fight scenes, Seohyun’s perfectly delivered foreign spells and Jung’s horrifically persuasive performance as a possessed being.

The film’s differentiating factor lies within the director’s expertise in studies of the occult and ancient languages.

Many of the exorcism spells recited in the movie cannot be written in any other language. The director, Lim Dae-hee, had to record the proper pronunciation of such lines and send them to Seohyun for practice.

If all these are not convincing enough for you to watch the movie, Seohyun decided to accept the movie within two hours of reading the script, speaking volumes about the work’s quality.

Holy Night: Demon Hunters is now showing in cinemas.