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HOKUM: Haunting Horror Film Closes SXSW, Hits Theaters May 1

3/12/2026

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HOKUM, a horror film by Damian McCarthy, will screen at SXSW on March 14 as Closing Night Film.
The film stars Adam Scott, the actor, and features Ohm Bauman, a novelist who travels to an Irish inn to scatter his parents' ashes.
Bauman becomes entangled in tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite, causing visions and a disappearance.
The film will release in theaters on May 1.

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Story summary

HOKUM, a horror film by Damian McCarthy, will screen at SXSW on March 14 as Closing Night Film.
The film stars Adam Scott, the actor, and features Ohm Bauman, a novelist who travels to an Irish inn to scatter his parents' ashes.
Bauman becomes entangled in tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite, causing visions and a disappearance.
The film will release in theaters on May 1.