Hokum(2026)
2026 · Damian McCarthy · 108 min
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.
Horror · Thriller
6.9822 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How Hokum scares
There's a heavy, sinking unease to this one that builds slowly instead of jumping out at you. The dread comes from strange visions and a sense that something is deeply wrong with the place and the man at its center, more than from anything chasing or attacking him. It leans into grief, guilt, and isolation, with a folk-horror, haunted-inn mood that lingers instead of shocking you outright. Good for people who like quiet, unsettling horror that gets under your skin rather than loud scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Hokum rates psychological 5/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 5 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 20 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, unsettling build in a creepy setting that keeps tightening its grip until a heavy, intense final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Hokum?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Hokum rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be restrained with gore and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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