{"id":295590,"date":"2025-12-02T21:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/295590\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T21:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:53:08","slug":"hokum-neon-sets-may-release-date-for-adam-scott-horror-movie-from-oddity-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/295590\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hokum&#8217; &#8211; Neon Sets May Release Date for Adam Scott Horror Movie from &#8216;Oddity&#8217; Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hokum, the next nightmare from Oddity writer-director Damian McCarthy, has set a release date.<\/p>\n<p>The supernatural horror film will open in theaters on May 1, 2026 via Neon.<\/p>\n<p>The news is accompanied by a new look at Adam Scott (\u201cSeverance,\u201d Krampus) in the movie, pictured above.<\/p>\n<p>Scott stars as a horror novelist who visits a remote Irish inn to spread his parents\u2019 ashes, unaware the place is rumored to be haunted by a witch.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Coonan (\u201cThe Alienist: Angel of Darkness\u201d) and David Wilmot (\u201cStation Eleven\u201d) also appear in the film.<\/p>\n<p>Spooky Pictures\u2019 Roy Lee (Weapons) and Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation\u2019s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil) and Tailored Film\u2019s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, and Mairt\u00edn de Barra.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Ross (Late Night With the Devil), Dan Kagan (Longlegs), Rami Yasin (Late Night with the Devil), and Andrew Childs (The Long Walk) serve as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Damian McCarthy\u2019s fresh and unique approach behind the camera and the amazing Adam Scott bringing his talent to the lead role, Hokum is shaping up to be something truly special,\u201d Schneider previously said in a statement. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait for audiences everywhere to experience what we\u2019ve created together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GzdZzUzWQAE1DEx.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hokum, the next nightmare from Oddity writer-director Damian McCarthy, has set a release date. The supernatural horror film&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[21971,48674,96,48675,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-295590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-adam-scott","9":"tag-damian-mccarthy","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-hokum","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}