Title: Hokum
MPA Rating: R
Director: Damian McCarthy
Starring: Adam Scott, Florence Ordesh, Peter Coonan
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

What It Is: After the death of his father, Ohm (Scott), a novelist, travels to a remote Irish village to spread the ashes of his now both deceased parents. When a mystery opens up after an attempted hanging, a variety of personal demons resurface. Now as those demons manifest in various ways he spirals out of control, unable to trust what he’s seeing. Unable to trust whom he’s met. Among these are a crew at the hotel that might not be who they seem.

What We Think: Adam Scott just stays doing career-best work these last few years. He’s always been good but in the last few years he’s REALLY stepped his game up. Here that’s no different. He carries this excellent bit of horror on his back. McCarthy is certainly a competent director. I really loved the mystery within the script here. That can often be the most difficult part of writing a movie like this. Setting up the logic of the world and making it all make sense. McCarthy might even be a better writer because that’s the biggest strength of this.

Our Grade: A-, I think chai said it best in her review of Obsession and Backrooms, 2026 is the year for horror. This is probably the happy medium, quality wise, between those aforementioned films. NEON continues their streak of excellent films within the horror genre. A great all around win for the genre, for Adam Scott and certainly for Damian McCarthy. I highly recommend you check this one out. It thrills at every twist and turn. With bigger budget films inevitably coming out in the next few weeks sometimes something a little smaller and a little darker will do.