‘Holy Night’ Ma Dong-seok “Feeling awkward? Preparing hard with variations” [DA : Interview ③]

MOVIES Apr 26, 2025

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‘Holy Night: Demon Hunters’ Ma Dong-seok explained the process of preparing the screenplay for this film.

On the morning of the 24th, Ma Dong-seok, the star of the movie ‘Holy Night: Demon Hunters’ (hereafter referred to as ‘Holy Night’), met with Donga.com for an interview and talked about the movie.

On this day, Ma Dong-seok explained the process of creating the scenario for this movie, saying, “The director and I didn’t sleep well while writing the scenario.We watched a lot of horror films, from short horror films to full-length horror films, to reference them.What we tried to reference while watching a lot was that there are a lot of good occult films.We tried to make it as similar as possible.However, if we deviated too much, it wouldn’t be occult, so we tried to follow the process to a certain extent and make variations.The director even studied ancient languages.”

He also added, “I made it while losing sleep.When it comes to movies that mix genres like this, there are likes and dislikes when you try anything.Even in the scenario stage, we tried to figure out how we could make it more fun to watch and make it fun.”



Then, when asked if Ma Dong-seok was good at watching horror movies, he said, “I’m not scared of them, so I watch them well.The CEO who produced the movie with me doesn’t watch horror movies well.This time, he pointed to the movie with his finger and watched it with me a lot.I watch them well.”

Ma Dong-seok mentioned the reason why he hopes for the success of ‘Holy Night’, saying, “The ‘Outlaws’ series will start filming next year.I’m currently working on the script.I hope people will watch it with interest when it comes out.It’s not because it’s a fantasy film, but because it takes a long time to try and make a different genre.I hope that my juniors who are better than me will know that the audience likes these kinds of films and that they can come out with a variety of films.I don’t know about the box office, but since there are fewer people in theaters right now, I wanted to emphasize the sound and impact so that this film would be more fun to watch in theaters.”

However, Ma Dong-seok revealed that he is not only preparing predictable films, saying, “I am preparing a heavy metal band film.I am very interested in various films.I will also work hard on ‘The Outlaws’.Since the films that have been booked are films that utilize the character Ma Dong-seok, there may be a sense of déjà vu.I will work hard to make variations within those films.In addition, the films I produce and other films contain different stories.I want to try various genres like that,” raising expectations.

Meanwhile, ‘Holy Night’ is an occult action movie about a city in chaos caused by an evil-worshiping group, and the dark solvers ‘Holy Night’ Team Bau(played by Ma Dong-seok), Sharon(played by Seo Hyun), and Kim Gun(played by David Lee)with special abilities, who punish the evil group.It will be released on the 30th.

Ma Dong-seok will be shown off his powerful exorcism action by taking on the role of ‘Bau’, who has been granted special powers and is equipped with even more overwhelming power, and even subdues the demon with his fists.

Reporter Yoonna Choi com Donga.com yyynnn@donga

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