Adam Scott
Ohm Bauman

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.

"A genuinely frightening, atmospheric ghost story elevated by Adam Scott’s performance but held back by uneven pacing and an overexplained finale."
Atmosphere, sound design, and carefully constructed jump scares draw strong praise, with many calling it one of the scarier studio horror films in years and appreciating its throwback haunted-hotel vibe. Adam Scott’s restrained, emotionally bruised turn is repeatedly singled out as the element that keeps the story grounded, even when the plot grows stranger. Criticism focuses on a disjointed structure, stretches that feel slow or repetitive, and a final act that explains too much of the mythology, softening the impact of what came before.
Adam Scott stuck in a haunted Irish inn, a director who tried to kill his hero in a dumbwaiter, rabbit-fueled childhood trauma, and an audience member who literally peed their pants — the making of Hokum is almost as unhinged as the movie itself.
He insists there’s no Marvel-style “endgame,” just “little nods” between films — but try telling that to the Reddit threads.
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