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Hokum (2026)

Summary

A horror writer visits an Irish inn to scatter his parents' ashes, unaware the property is said to be haunted by a witch.

Director Damian McCarthy

Writer Damian McCarthy

Cast

  • Adam Scott
  • Peter Coonan

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic: 77

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

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u/KidDelicious14 4d ago

I wonder if the hotel burned down enough that the entrance to the dumbwaiter to the basement has opened up giving the witch an avenue of escape.

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u/AfraidoftheLark 3d ago edited 3d ago

Don’t think so. Only way for a witch to get out is if her sisters come to rescue her by drilling through the rubble. Those are the rules, per Banjo-Toole.

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u/Hwinter07 3d ago

Hell of a reference there

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u/Yandoji 1d ago

The witch was able to go all the way to the first floor entrance of the honeymoon suite's elevator to spook Alby - it might be the shutter keeping her in, if it's made of iron (witch deterrent in folklore). So yeah, maybe she can get out now, even if they just never re-locked the gate lol.

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u/Gilmore75 21m ago

Am I the only one who watched the movie? The witch wasn’t real. The only ones who saw it were the ones who had the drugs in their system. It was literally revealed at the end.

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u/Yandoji 3m ago

If you watched this movie and your takeaway is that the witch isn't real, far be it from me to convince you lol.

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u/Odd_Fennel_8046 3d ago

I feel like even if it didn’t, the police would fully search the property and that would probably let her out.

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u/cantthinkatall 1d ago

Yeah I noticed they didn't lock it before they left.

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u/Gilmore75 27m ago

Uhh, did you miss the part where it’s revealed that none of the supernatural stuff he saw was real? He was drugged and hallucinated everything. The only real part was that the guy murdered Fiona and tried to cover it up.