Holy Night: Demon Hunters

5/14/2025

Written and directed by first-time filmmaker Lim Dae-hee, Holy Night: Demon Hunters follows three underground demon hunters who operate like private investigators who are too unorthodox to be cops and too accepting of the occult to be associated with the church. The demon-hunting trinity is led by Ba Woo (Ma Dong-Seok), a beast of a man capable of solving most of his problems with his bulking fists. Whatever slips through Ba Woo’s fingers is typically dealt with by Sharon (Seohyun), a woman who can sense and exorcise demons. Then there’s Kim Goon (Lee David), a demon hunter in training who is the team's tech support. A neuropsychiatrist named Jung-won (Kyung Soo-jin) is trying to help her sister Eun-seo (Jung Ji-so) who is in desperate need of an exorcism. With the church unable to a

8/7/2025

in spite of a strong cast of well known Korean actors, "Holy Night Demon Hunters" is decidedly "meh". This is a mix of any exorcism film you care to think of, mashed up with your standard, hard hitting, Korean action fare. Its lightweight, rather cheesy tones fall flat, as do rather stunted attempts at humour. In summary, a very ordinary Korean supernatural action flick, that's wholly unoriginal and unremarkable. A mediocre watch.