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Adam Scott’s Irish Horror ‘Hokum’ Opens Friday With Strong Early Scores

Early reviews praise the atmosphere and Scott’s performance yet question the film’s originality.

Overview

  • The Damian McCarthy thriller arrives in U.S. theaters Friday, May 1 via NEON after a March 14 SXSW premiere.
  • Ohm Bauman, a famous novelist played by Scott, checks into a remote Irish inn and becomes entangled with a legend tied to a locked honeymoon suite.
  • Aggregator metrics sit in the low-to-mid 90s on Rotten Tomatoes, while reviews range from raves calling it unsettling to critiques that it leans on familiar scares.
  • Shot in West Cork near Skibbereen with an Irish crew, the production uses the local landscape and folklore to shape its eerie tone, which Scott has publicly praised.
  • McCarthy says he is writing one more out‑and‑out haunted‑house movie next, and no VOD or streaming dates are announced, with trade coverage projecting a typical 30–45 day theatrical window and a possible Hulu debut based on NEON’s past deals.