Hokum
5/4/202618 min
In the satisfying new horror movie Hokum, Adam Scott plays a misanthropic writer who takes his parents' ashes to the lonely Irish inn where they honeymooned many years ago. There’s just a few things dampening his stay: surly staff, a local eccentric and a witch haunting the hotel. Hokum was directed by Damian McCarthy, known for making similarly spooky films like Caveat and Oddity.
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[upbeat music] Adam Scott started out playing jerks in movies like Step Brothers and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, but on TV he's generally a nice guy. Think Party Down, Parks and Rec, and most famously, Severance. But in the legit spooky new horror film, Hokum, he's back squarely in D-bag territory, playing a nasty, embittered writer who stays in a haunted Irish inn while his past, and some ghosts, maybe even a witch, catches up with him. I'm Glen Weldon, and we're talking about Hokum on this episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.
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