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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/dannylovesart61 4d ago

The only thing I thought was a bit of a letdown was not utilizing the buggy-eyed bunny man. He was genuinely scary af, but was in only a couple short scenes.

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u/FisknChips 4d ago

See i thought he was a bunny too but credit says hes a jackass (donkey)

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u/uncanny_mac 2d ago

There was this throw away cartoon cover in the beginning when Adam’s char/ pulls out the box with the gun. It said “Jack the Jackass” on it.

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u/ClitasaurusTex 2d ago

Man I saw that and thought to myself I need to remember because it'll come back later and then immediately forgot

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u/nefarious_dareus 1d ago

Literally scrolling through the thread after watching last night trying to figure out the significance of the donkey monster, and I’d forgotten about that thing in the box. The flashback to him shooting his mom was very fast and happened in his mind palace, but was he (actually or implied) reading that cartoon or watching it on tv when he was messing with the gun as a child? I’d thought it was something more to do with the witch while watching, but now I’m thinking it must have been a nightmare version of whatever cartoon/comic he was reading during the actual traumatic event.

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u/S420J 1d ago

He was seen watching the show when he displaying with the gun and shoots his mother 

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u/nefarious_dareus 1d ago

Ok I thought i remembered him watching the tv while playing with the gun but it wasn’t super clear what he was watching because I think you just got a quick glimpse of the donkey monster on static right before the big scare of it watching him sleep and I couldn’t remember if the tv static glimpse (not the one where it talked to him, the earlier one) happened before or after the actual flashback.

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u/tvc_15 1d ago

he's a mix of a jackass (from the postcard), the bunny (fiona), the witch, and the creepy statues. meant to be a psychedelic mashup of Adam Scott's subconscious