Horror Movie Review! Hokum (2026)

Hokum, 2026, directed by Damien McCarthy, his third film.

When novelist Om Bowman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he's consumed by tales of a witch that haunts the honeymoon suite.

Soon, disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance force him to confront dark corners of his past.

This was spooky.

I've seen, uh, I've seen Damien McCarthy's other two movies, and I liked both of them.

They were, uh, Oddity, which I think, which we rec- which we, uh, reviewed, and then there was Caveat, which we didn't review, but I went and watched after I watched Oddity because it was... 'Cause I liked Oddity a lot.

And, uh, I liked this a lot, so I, I'm a fan of this filmmaker because, um, he makes spooky shit.

Yeah.

And part of, part of what he does is spooky visuals.

You don't get a lot of jump scares.

But when the jump scares come, they count for something, unlike some horror movies that just pepper you with jump scares, and then they're not earned, and they, uh, they don't hit the same.

So in a movie like this, where the jump scares are earned, they're much more appreciated in my opinion.

Yeah.

Dude, I liked Oddity.

Um, we did review that movie, like you said.

I, I enjoyed Oddity.

I didn't watch his other film.

Mm.

But boy, do I have to, because Hokum slaps.

Yeah.

Hokum is, is, is very good.

Like you said, the visuals in this movie, like this m- like I felt like this movie was made for me.

Mm.

This does everything in a horror movie that I like to have done, and the visuals behind all that are some of the scariest things I've seen, definitely in 2026, but, like, just in general, I guess.

Like, it's, it's got some really scary looking visuals all around.