‘Hokum’ Review: Adam Scott is Trapped in a Haunted Irish Hotel in Effectively Unnerving but Convoluted Horror

'Hokum' Review: Adam Scott Is Scary Good in Low-Key, Stephen King–Esque Horror Stunner

“Hokum,” the haunting new horror gem from writer-director Damian McCarthy, is a ghost story that sneaks up on you in the best possible way. It’s also a witch story, a haunted hotel story and a story about how humanity can be the most horrifying force in the world, all woven together with potent technical craft. It’s not only properly unsettling, making great use of darkness and sound, but also becomes a quietly poetic reflection on loss when you…

‘Hokum’ Review: Adam Scott Gets Spooked in Haunted Irish Hotel Horror Neither Completely Ho-Hum Nor Wholly Satisfying

Damian McCarthy’s tale books an American novelist into an inn with a witch in the honeymoon suite, shady staff and a forest-dwelling eccentric who chugs a magic mushroom potion.

‘Hokum’ Review: Adam Scott is Trapped in a Haunted Irish Hotel in Effectively Unnerving but Convoluted Horror

In “Hokum,” a new supernatural horror outing from Irish filmmaker Damian McCarthy, an American writer, Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott), finds himself on the verge of finishing his popular book series about a conquistador with a bleak ending. McCarthy opens the film in the desert with the conquistador from Ohm’s imagination about to commit murder. The […]

Hokum (SXSW) Review: An atmospheric horror flick with a strong performance by Adam Scott

PLOT: A misanthropic author (Adam Scott) travels to a remote inn in Ireland where his late parents once honeymooned, planning to spread their ashes. Once there, he becomes embroiled in a mystery that may involve a haunting, forcing him to reckon with his tortured past. REVIEW: Neon has steadily built a reputation as Hollywood’s biggest horror studio, usurping the once-dominant A24. Their taste and track record are so strong that each new release…

Hokum Review: A Brilliant Adam Scott Leads an Irish Folk Tale

The imagery of dark woods and odd occurrences in the middle of nowhere has always terrified the mind. The idea of something we cannot and were never meant to understand seeps terror into the human mind, whether we want it to or not. Hokum, the latest film from Damian McCarthy, threads this idea throughout its plot. While the film relies on jump scares, it features a direct confrontation with darkness in the human spirit that feels very unique. W…

‘Hokum’ SXSW Review – ‘Oddity’ Director’s Latest Irish Folkloric Horror is Nightmare Fuel

The haunted bell that summoned a bellhop ghost in the closing moments of Oddity turned out to be a prelude for writer/director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum, his most polished and unnerving yet. A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in the horror filmmaker’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor. Adam Scott stars as Ohm B…