A pair of mismatched nuns battle the forces of evil, and the Catholic Church itself, in Kwon Hyeok-jae’s film Dark Nuns. An official spin-off of the 2015 supernatural thriller The Priests, which starred Gang Dong-won and Kim Yun-seok, Dark Nuns features Song Hye-kyo and Jeon Yeo-been as habit-wearing heroines who join forces to attempt a dangerous exorcism.

The success of The Priests and last year’s shamanistic thriller Exhuma, both from director Jang Jae-hyun, has seen a resurgence in the popularity of horror films based around religion, which was further amplified by Na Hong-jin’s recent efforts The Wailing and The Medium.

Read my full South China Morning Post review here