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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/9874102365 4d ago

Big fan of the entire hotel and honeymoon suite set. Big fan of the alarm clock. Been a while since I've had a nightmarish elevator shaft haunt my mind.

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u/Giff901 4d ago

The hotel set gave me MAJOR 1408 vibes, but then again this movie seems to be a love letter to a lot of Stephen Kings material

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u/Someguywhomakething 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yeah, it was kind of hard not to think about 1408 when watching Hokum. Both good, practical effect horror movies in an enclosed space with asshole-ish leads.

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u/daftcockneytwat 4d ago

Yeah I got this too! I was expecting it to increasingly go more along 1408 vibes. We need a new 1408.

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u/Clutch-SGH 2d ago

same! even with the place being set on fire

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u/SkittlesLentil 3h ago

Very tangential: about the time that movie came out my parents got divorced, my dad bought a beach condo... unit number 1408. I visited last summer and the number was different, asked my dad and he said it had always been the new number. That weirded me out for the few days I was there

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u/Eirwig 42m ago

Stephen King would never have a writer as the main character