Good start, but then it gets ruined

Crappy film

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

This was actually really scary at times, and later quite disturbing as the possession intensified. I did find it a bit slow moving somewhere around the mid point, but it was still interesting, though. The ending is awesome! It gets really exciting with a possessed pig, police chase, cars crashing left, right and center, and a priest running out of time. Wow!

This movie was a pleasant surprise. The story is intricate and seems to be well researched. Although I do not know the ins and outs of the exorcism ritual, this film presents a more complicated and seemingly authentic process than most of the Hollywood exorcism films. It portrays the bureaucracy of the Catholic Church but not in a biased or unnecessarily critical way. It respects the local Eastern Shamanism and never makes fun of it. It showed that it was ineffective in this particular case not because the shaman is a mere charlatan but because the demonic power was strong and only the power of God can dispel it. For example, while respectfully waiting for the shaman to finish, the priest told his assistant that normally the particular shaman was very good.The priests in the film are not irreproachable. While trying to save the possessed, they have to wrestle their own inner demons. However, even the older and jaded priest demonstrates none of exaggerated bitterness and cynicism of a Hollywood priest. He gives due to all parties including the possessed.The film is not perfect but it is well thought out and it keeps you on edge. It also skip the gimmick of denying you resolution like many Hollywood horror film. When will they learn that the audiences don't have to see that the demons are still lurking around at the end of the movie to pave the way for a sequel? Tricks as such just leave the viewers unsatisfied.

Every movie that has exorcisms in it, has the "problem" that it will be compared with The Exorcist. There's no way around it, but if you can try to keep an open mind. I don't know if this is actually the very first South Korean exorcism film or not. What I do know though, is the quality is very high.The acting, the set up and the scenes are very powerful. This can stand on its own, which is quite impressive. The horror that you get is quite impressive, especially if you consider that we have seen a lot of movies trying this. Cinematography and script are really good and I can recommend this, if you like horror movies

When I saw that there was an exorcism-themed movie out from South Korea, I was more than hooked. I didn't know who had directed it or even who starred in it. I do like Asian cinema quite a lot, and South Korean movies tend to be quite good.And such was also the case with "The Priests" (aka "Geomeun sajedeul"). While it does have a story that has been seen countless of times before in other similar movies, then director Jae-Hyun Jang still managed to keep the movie interesting and entertaining.Little needs to be said about the story here; a young girl is possessed by a demonic entity, and it is up to two priests to perform an exorcism, banish the demonic entity and thus saving the life of the young girl.It is the way that the movie is built up that works quite well, because we get to discover things about the priests along the way, showing that they are but humans as well, and then slowly, but surely, director Jae-Hyun Jang guides the audience towards the exorcism itself.It strikes me as a movie that didn't have the biggest of budgets, but still they managed to utilize everything to the fullest potential and come up with a rather impressive and entertaining movie nonetheless.And while the movie is not boasting a myriad of CGI and special effects that would put Hollywood to shame, the special effects crew did manage to make the necessary effects seem good and come off as being realistic. A feat which really added depth to the movie.The acting in the movie was good as well. Although I can't really claim to be familiar with the talents who were acting in this 2015 movie.While "The Priests" is not a groundbreaking movie to make it out of South Korea, it is still an entertaining movie that is well-worth watching. My rating of "The Priests" is a solid six out of ten stars easily.