How much are you into exorcism movies? I ask because the level of your enamorment will be in direct proportion to how much you'll like Kwon Hyeok-jae's fright flick Dark Nuns. Do you require possessed heads that spin the full 360 degrees and vomit made of green pea soup per William Friedkin's The Exorcist? Alas, this K-horror movie doesn't go that far. Would you be compensated if your dispellers of demons had roots in shamanism like those in Lee Doo-yong's The Hut? In that case, Dark Nuns will meet you halfway. How about some evil impregnation like in Rosemary's Baby? There's something like that here too. But mostly, Dark Nuns focuses on the anti-Satanic ritual itself which eats up a surprising amount of screen time.
Tied to the bed, we've got the innocent young boy Hee-joon (Moon Woo-jin) who can execute impressive backbends and speak in a few creepy voices. Working on behalf of benevolent forces, we've got the experienced exorcist, Sister Junia (Song Hye-kyo) and her protegee Sister Michaela (Jeon Yeo-bin) who get little help from hyper-rational Father Paolo (Lee Jin-wook) who's more man of the ward, than man of the cloth. We even have an ambassador from Rome (Thomas L. Frederiksen) who has access to potentially helpful relics. Crucifixes, big plastic canisters of holy water, facial disfigurement, droning prayers, and a determination to learn the evil being's name so he can be cast out testify to Dark Nuns's serious mission. For believers only, perhaps.
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