Holy Night: Demon Hunters, 2025 - ★★★
Saturday, June 14, 2025
"Holy Night, Demon Hunters"—What a letdown!
This movie couldn't seem to decide if it wanted to be action or horror. Rather than merging these genres in a way that made sense, it felt like two separate things awkwardly came together.
The attempts at horror, featuring ghostly and demonic encounters, fell short of delivering genuine scares. The jump scares and supposedly spine-chilling moments lacked the tension necessary to be effective. Meanwhile, the action sequences suffered from unimaginative choreography and lackluster fight scenes. I found myself bored and struggling to stay engaged with this hollow narrative.
One of the strangest aspects was the film's apparent focus on setting up potential sequels rather than crafting a compelling, self-contained narrative. A significant portion of the movie was devoted to discussions that neither advanced the plot nor enriched character development. It felt disjointed, with characters discussing past events and potential plots without meaningful connection to the current storyline. The screenplay was so weak, leaving many narrative threads unresolved—threads that I eventually stopped caring about.
In the end, the film was a disappointment, though perhaps unsurprisingly so, as my expectations were low to begin with.