Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill
July 22nd, 2026
MOVIE: DEMON HUNTER: TIME 2 KILL
STARRING: NIAMH HOGAN, LISA WILCOX, ANGEL NICHOLE BRADFORD
DIRECTED BY: ZOE KAVANAGH
AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 1 STAR (Out of 4)
RATED: R
RUN TIME: 97 MINUTES
In 2026, the only kind of Demon Hunter I want to see is the K-pop variety, especially because the music is so catchy. Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill is the sequel to Irish director Zoe Kavanagh’s 2016 film Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter, only it doesn’t include any catchy songs…or anything of value, for that matter. Flat out, this is a low-budget independent action film built around green-screen visual effects, a cast of largely unknown actors, and a final product that isn’t good. I often try to find something to appreciate in every movie, but Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill is a reminder that just because you want to make a movie doesn’t mean you should.
The plot alone has so much happening that it’s impossible to keep up with, let alone care about. The story begins in the 1980s at a summer camp called Camp Beaver, where a mysterious assailant slashes a cabin full of teenagers before the camera lingers on a medallion left behind at the scene. Flash forward to the present, where we meet Taryn (Niamh Hogan), riding her motorcycle and kicking demon butt. After taking down one pasty-looking villain and battling a smoke demon, she reunites with her tech wizard Ethan (Kevin O’Malley) to search for the medallion, known as the Necrux. It could have been a straightforward MacGuffin story, but Kavanagh insists on piling on subplot after subplot, as if trying to distract the audience from the film’s many other shortcomings.
The main villain is Cronika- played by A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 and 5 star Lisa Wilcox- who leads Illumini Industries (nothing suspicious about that name). Wilcox at least embraces the role with enthusiasm, covering herself in CGI blood and sporting a series of cheap-looking Mardi Gras masks. The evil corporation is responsible for the demons terrorizing the world and is determined to recover the Necrux in hopes of granting Cronika unlimited power. Meanwhile, Taryn teams up with journalist Deborah (Angel Nichole Bradford), and together they travel to Camp Beaver in search of the medallion. Their quest quickly devolves into time portals, sword fights, and battles with a variety of demon creatures before inevitably arriving at the climactic showdown between good and evil.
As I write it all out, it sounds like there could have been something entertaining here. The premise feels like a cross between Underworld and Blade, only with the production values of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room. Scene transitions rely on stock footage of city skylines accompanied by a generic score composed by Voxillary, Felipe Milk, and Nightstop. Kavanagh clearly has a passion for telling this story and creating a badass heroine who slashes her way through the forces of hell, but that enthusiasm can’t overcome the generic green-screen effects, choppy editing, unsynchronized audio, and costumes better suited to a local elementary school’s production of Shrek the Musical.
At 97 minutes, Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill still feels far too long, with scenes that either repeat information or delay an ending you’ll find yourself waiting for. Everything about the production feels like it was assembled over a weekend with rented cameras and abandoned warehouses serving as the primary locations, while nearly every performance is delivered with the same flat cadence, creating an incredibly lifeless experience. It almost feels harsh to criticize a film that so obviously lacked the resources to realize its ambitions, but even a tiny budget can’t excuse a script this unfocused. My advice? Skip this one and watch K-Pop Demon Hunters instead. You’ll leave with “Golden” stuck in your head, and that’s a far better use of your time than whatever it was I just watched.
1 STAR
DEMON HUNTER: TIME 2 KILL WAS RELEASED JULY 7TH, 2026 THROUGH X4 PICTURES.
Written by: Leo Brady
