Entertainers as demon hunters and demons? Ridiculous until it’s not…

Tweens are going crazy over pop stars and anime, and Hollywood has taken notice with a Netflix release of Kpop Demon Hunters, a film that seems silly and fun until you realize it's not...

The movie opens with three talented ladies in their 20s destroying demons who have hijacked their private plane. Once this is complete, they dive from 30,000 feet, parachute-less, onto a stage and, of course, survive to perform their songs to a stadium full of fans. Meanwhile, the energy produced from this performance and others strengthens a spiritual barrier known as the honmoon. This honmoon seals off the spirit world and prevents demons from stealing souls.

The fans and their business manager are completely clueless regarding the spiritual nature of their career or the fact that it is the main reason for them taking the stage. Not money. Not fame. Not the lifestyle. The spiritual battle and victory over evil is their main purpose and focus.

As the movie progresses, the girls meet a challenge, the Saja Boys, a boy band that is not really made up of boys, but demons disguised as young and gorgeous heartthrobs.

Throughout the movie, the girls must compete with the Saja boys for attention. They can’t kill them like the other demons because the Saja Boys have too many fans, and as stated above, the fans are clueless regarding the spirit world or the girls' role as demon hunters. The fans know only of the energy around them. So, the girls have to out-talent the boy band and command the fans' energy and attention. This proves a challenge for many reasons.

The movie seems silly on the surface, and much of it is. There’s a level of campiness and fun that it embraces, not taking itself too seriously. I mean, pop stars hunting demons? It seems far from plausible, and when the Saja Boys were first introduced, I laughed out loud. The concepts seem over the top, and this film is like something you could and should lose your brain in, until you realize it’s not too far from the truth.

Though all around us, the spirit world is invisible to most humans. We only have energies, feelings, and sometimes our pets to clue us into these dangers. The fans in the film were spiritually weak mortals responding only to energies and emotion without understanding the deeper meaning of such things, and because of this, the victory became about which band could command the “normies” with the best energy, the best performance.

How is this overarching theme any different from reality? Most people are spiritually weak, choosing to engage only in what makes them feel good. Meanwhile, the enemy has multiple avenues to exploit this weakness, including our entertainment industry. It would be nothing, then, for demons to disguise themselves as a boy band, your favorite comedian, or action hero, etc. There are also rumors about demonic Hollywood influence, such as actors ingesting adrenochrome. This is supposedly a substance made from the blood of tortured children.

Ultimately, the concepts in Kpop Demon Hunters seem ridiculous until you realize they are not. Until you realize that most battles on this earth are not physical, they are deeply spiritual...