Hokum

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Director: Damian McCarthy Year: 2026 Runtime: 101 min IMDb: ⭐ 7.7
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Synopsis

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

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Content Warnings

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a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
spoiler In a sense - Ohm talks about his father resenting him and neglecting him after his mother dies.
there's child abuse
spoiler SPOILERS: The opening is a fictional epilogue to a story the main character is writing, it shows a father about to bludgeon his child to get a map out of a glass bottle. The bludgeoning is not shown but still very hard to watch. There are several references to the main character’s childhood being neglectful at the hands of his grieving and resentful father. Nothing is shown.
there's domestic violence
Yes
there's abusive parents
spoiler Alluded to
someone gets gaslighted
spoiler Several attempts to make people think their intuition is not correct when it is.
there's addiction
Yes
alcohol abuse
Yes
someone uses drugs
spoiler Mushrooms
an animal dies
spoiler A goat’s body is shown when Adam Scott arrives at the hotel and then again in the woods after he spreads the ashes.
there's a dead animal
Yes
animals are abused
spoiler A goat is killed for no good reason at the beginning of the film. The killing is not shown but its body is shown.
someone dislocates something
spoiler It appears that Jerry’s arm is dislocated towards the end of the movie, when he comes back to the hotel. It does not show it happen on screen
someone is drugged
spoiler Multiple people, including a woman being roofied
someone is restrained
spoiler Multiple characters handcuffed
someone's mouth is covered
Yes
a kid dies
spoiler SPOILERS: The opening is a fictional epilogue to a story the main character is writing, it shows a father about to bludgeon his child to get a map out of a glass bottle. The bludgeoning is not shown but still very hard to watch. The main character says the kid dies in his story.
a non-human character dies
Yes
a major character dies
spoiler Spoilers: Fiona, Mal, and Gerry all die
someone dies
Yes
someone disabled played by able-bodied
spoiler Cobb, played by Brendan Conroy
a parent dies
spoiler The main characters parents have both died, there are flashbacks to the mom’s death
a family member dies
Yes
there are jump scares
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
Yes
there are clowns
spoiler A truly terrifying and unsettling character named Jack is clown-esque, but takes the form of a rabbit with huge bulging eyes.
there's ghosts
Yes
heads get squashed
spoiler Not “squashed” exactly, but shot with a crossbow
there's a hospital scene
Yes
there's misophonia
spoiler Some intense breathing at times. No chewing or tapping.
reality is unstable or unhinged
Yes
someone suffers from PTSD
Yes
someone has an anxiety attack
Yes
someone has a mental illness
Yes
someone has a meltdown
Yes
there are hangings
spoiler Spoilers: Ohm’s body is found hanging when Fiona says she has a bad feeling and asks Alby to open the door
someone struggles to breathe
spoiler There is an audio recording of a woman who is very frightened struggling to catch her breath
there's flashing lights or images
spoiler The TV in the honeymoon suite flashes several times
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
there's screaming
Yes
someone miscarries
spoiler Spoilers: It is revealed that Fiona was pregnant when her body is found.
a pregnant person dies
spoiler It’s not revealed that she was pregnant until after her body is found
there is a baby or unborn child
spoiler Unborn child mentioned
there's demons or Hell
spoiler Hell is discussed and shown briefly
someone dies by suicide
spoiler Spoilers: A suicide is attempted (hanging), but is unsuccessful
Someone attempts suicide
spoiler The main character hangs himself in his hotel room but is cut down and survives. There is a brief shot of him hanging when the bartender goes in his room. Later there are flashbacks to him being cut down.
someone self harms
Yes
someone is homeless
spoiler Living in a van, not villianized
a car honks or tires screech
Yes
there's blood/gore
spoiler There is blood from various injuries and a decaying body repeatedly shown
there's gun violence
spoiler Spoilers: it shows Ohm as a child playing with his father’s gun, which accidentally goes off and kills his mother.
there's body horror
Yes
someone is buried alive
spoiler Someone is left in a basement to die
someone is stabbed
spoiler Spoilers: not “stabbed” exactly but a crossbow is used to kill someone and the arrow does go through his head
Someone becomes unconscious
Yes

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