Hokum

Name: Hokum
Genre: Horror
Released: May 1, 2026
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 76

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Neon | Release Date: May 1, 2026 | R

Summary: When novelist Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott) retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 111 min

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Bob Strauss

Apr 27, 2026

Uncertainty is a genre trope this director is particularly gifted at manipulating. So many horror films are incoherent due to a lack of good writing; if anything in McCarthy’s script isn’t fully clear, it’s in the same manner that life itself fails to make sense. Read full review

Robert Daniels

Mar 16, 2026

The film’s simple premise is supported by smart plotting, nimble editing and evocative sound, and lands with frightening force. An engagingly frigid performance by Scott furthers the film’s keen ability to conjure overwhelming anxiety from its many punchy jump scares, combining to make Hokum an exceptionally chilling horror film. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

May 1, 2026

Hokum is a fabulous horror film for all tastes. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Apr 30, 2026

As Bauman falls deeper and deeper into the mysteries of Bilberry Inn, McCarthy masterfully reminds us that a ghost can be real and a metaphor, as the scares demand. Read full review

Rocco T. Thompson

Apr 26, 2026

Damian McCarthy threads the needle between supplying old-school scares and a richly layered character piece that also functions as a meditation on his own perspective as a storyteller. Read full review

Next Best Picture Dan Bayer

Mar 18, 2026

While it may be indebted to more modern storytelling methods than his previous features, Hokum still possesses enough of McCarthy’s dark magic that it will hold you in a vice grip all the way through. Considering how played-out many horror films feel nowadays, McCarthy’s mastery at scaring the audience is cause for celebration. Read full review

Billie Walker

Apr 30, 2026

Despite the heavy metaphors and emotionally weighted hauntings, there’s nothing new here – it’s all painfully dull and familiar horror territory. Read full review

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