Hokum15

Directed by Damian McCarthy | USA | 2025 | 1h 47m | Starring Adam Scott, Peter Coonan, David Wilmot, Austin Amelio, Florence Ordesh

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, he becomes increasingly unsettled by stories of a witch said to haunt the building’s honeymoon suite. As strange visions intensify and a guest mysteriously disappears, Ohm is drawn into a chilling confrontation with both the supernatural and the darkest parts of his own past. Blending psychological horror with eerie folklore, Irish filmmaker Damian McCarthy crafts a haunting, atmospheric ghost story anchored by a compelling performance from Adam Scott as a writer struggling with grief, trauma and forces beyond his understanding.

Reviews

‘Like the best ghost stories, you’ll stagger from the cinema with your goosebumps pipped and an icy finger dragging down your spine.’
★★★★
Simon Crook, Time Out

‘On top of an affecting personal quest for a non-despairing ending, it delivers a full evening of scares, chills, wicked jokes and haunted escape-room hijinks.’
★★★★
Kim Newman, Empire Magazine

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