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Hokum

    • Director

      Damian McCarthy

    • Credits

      Producers:
      Ruth Treacy,
      Julianne Forde,
      Mairtin de Barra,
      Roy Lee,
      Steven Schneider,
      Derek Dauchy.

      Writer:
      Damian McCarthy

      Cinematographer:
      Colm Hogan

    • Principal Cast

      Adam Scott,
      Peter Coonan,
      David Wilmot,
      Florence Ordesh,
      Will O’Connell,
      Michael Patric,
      Brendan Conroy,
      Siox C,
      Austin Amelio,
      Ezra Carlisle.

  • Category

    Feature
    Horror

A reclusive horror writer (Adam Scott) travels to a remote Irish hotel to scatter his parents’ ashes, only to become entangled in unsettling local lore surrounding the ramshackle building. As strange visions intensify and a mysterious disappearance occurs, his grief begins to blur with paranoia. Drawn deeper into the hotel’s secrets, he is forced to confront both a malevolent supernatural presence and the unresolved trauma of his past.

Notes by David O'Mahony

World premiere: SXSW, 14 March 2026

101 minutes, Ireland, UAE, USA, 2026, Colour

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