{"id":470587,"date":"2026-03-12T01:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/470587\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T01:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:03:12","slug":"adam-scott-gets-the-fright-of-his-life-in-the-hokum-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/470587\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Scott Gets the Fright of His Life in the ‘Hokum’ Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

If getting the crap scared out of you is what you seek in a horror movie, look no further than the works of Damian McCarthy. His debut, 2020\u2019s Caveat, is a low-budget but high-terror exploration of some deeply awful things lurking on a remote island. In 2024, he made Oddity<\/a>, a blend of folk horror and supernatural murder mystery that again made excellent use of an eerie, isolated location.<\/p>\n

Hokum<\/a>\u2014the Irish writer-director\u2019s highest-profile film to date, with Severance star Adam Scott leading the cast<\/a>\u2014looks like yet another big step up for the talented writer-director. The creepy new trailer suggests audiences and the main character alike will be screaming their way through this one.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents\u2019 ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite,\u201d the official synopsis reads. \u201cDisturbing visions and a shocking disappearance force him to confront dark corners of his past.\u201d<\/p>\n

So we have a fish-out-of-water tale, with an American retracing the steps of his late parents to a hotel in rural Ireland where \u201coddballs\u201d roam and dark history continues to infect the present. So far, so very folk horror. Then we get a missing person\u2014are they really missing, or just Wicker Man missing?\u2014and Scott\u2019s lantern-toting character being drawn into a sinister puzzle that might be more personal than he realizes. Plus: chalk circles, creepy masks, and a horrifying face breaking through TV static.<\/p>\n

Frankly, the only thing we don\u2019t like about this is that the movie isn\u2019t out right now. But the wait to refresh your nightmares isn\u2019t long: Hokum arrives in theaters May 1.<\/p>\n

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