The 8th Night (Korean: 제8일의 밤; RR: Je8ileui Bam) is a 2021 South Korean horror-thriller film[2] directed by Kim Tae-hyoung for Gom Pictures starring Lee Sung-min, Park Hae-joon, Kim Yoo-jung, and Nam Da-reum.

[3] The film depicts the struggle of a former exorcist attempting to stop the resurrection of two mysterious beings who tormented humans and were locked up in separate caskets for 2500 years.

The night exists between real and unreal, their struggle to stop the resurrection of the demon has begun!

Before the Red Eye surrendered to Buddha, it ran away for seven days by hiding inside human bodies.

In the present, Professor Kim Joon-Cheol (Choi Jin-ho) sets out in the desert to prove the existence of the Śarīra caskets.

The woman tells her boyfriend about a meditation group where she was given a free health check-up and a blood test.

Detectives Kim Ho-Tae and Dong-jin investigate the scene and find the hunter's body dried and decomposed after just a few hours.

Due to the bizarre condition of the two victims, Dong-jin suggested the help of a virgin shaman that he knows.

Cheongseok finds Seon-hwa, who is now a construction worker using his real name, Park Jin-soo, and tells him (via writing, due to his vow of silence) what happened in Gwanju.

The Red Eye then passes onto the delivery man, and later, Detective Kim is called to see the body of a woman stuffed in a sewer.

Upon learning of the recent bizarre murder, Seon-hwa goes to the tunnel where the woman and delivery motorcycle are found.

Detective Kim stopped him, asking for Seonhwa's credentials and ran his ID for any criminal records.

Seonhwa tells Cheongseok to go back home and reveals that he has to kill the young woman who he believes to be the seventh pillar and the Virgin Shaman.

They were all members of a meditation group that Prof. Kim had set up, and Dong-jin had actually went to see one of them who was still alive—a woman who was the same Virgin Shaman Cheongseok unknowingly went to.

Before Kim handcuffed Seonhwa, the possessed student arrived and threw him away, with the talisman he got from Dong-jin protecting him from further harm.

The student realizes that the young woman has already left, and Seonhwa follows her, inscribing a talisman on his axe using his own blood.

The real Virgin Shaman reveals that her name was Ae-ran, who was an abused child that was saved by Professor Kim.

Professor Kim had groomed her to be the sacrifice that would assist the monster in reuniting its two Eyes.

Seon-hwa finds Cheongseok in an abandoned shack, and the young monk realizes that he is all alone from the start, with the casket in his possession.

As Ae-run's spirit grabs Cheongseok's hand, the chains on her ankles are unchained, presumably freeing her.

In May 2019, Lee Seong-min, Park Hae-joon,[11] Kim Yoo-jung,[12] and Nam Da-reum were confirmed to appear in the film.

[18] Sarah Musnicky, writing in Nightmarish Conjurings, rated it with 4.5/5 stars and wrote that the screenplay is 'incredibly thoughtful' as it kept the audience guessing.

Concluding the review Musnicky expressed, "Altogether, The 8th Night is a strong contender for one of my favorite films of 2021.

He opined that The 8th Night, was a well-made film which eschews 'big scares' and 'jump scenes' for a 'suitably creepy' juxtaposition of the supernatural and mundane.

Ending his write-up, he wrote, "A different film might fling the door to Hell open with a little more flair, but The 8th Night still drives at its central conceit with subtle notes of character and spirit world mystery.

"[20] For JumpCut Online, Nguyen Le said the film has "the style, the startles and the sight to certify deeper currents" despite an overly rapid pacing and average English subtitling work that can cause details to be lost.

Ending the review Hay said, "The 8th Night has enough captivating mystery and horror that viewers, confused or not, shouldn’t get easily bored from watching this movie.