There have already been some great spooky options to hit the 2026 movie calendar this year, and of course there are plenty of upcoming horror movies still in store. Hokum is one I’ve been really excited about, thanks to the trailer’s super creepy imagery and the promise of Adam Scott playing an absolute jerk, and now that I’ve read the critics’ reviews, I’m even more pumped for these “shriek-inducing frights.”
I love a good jump scare that sends popcorn flying everywhere or the feeling of being too freaked out to move as the credits of a horror movie roll. Hokum seems to be right in that vein, as Adam Scott plays Ohm Bauman, an author who travels to Ireland to spread his parents’ ashes at the hotel where they spent their honeymoon. Kristy Puchko of Mashable certainly found Damian McCarthy’s latest project effective, saying she screamed so hard in her screening that she could feel her ribcage vibrate.
