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Adam Scott runs afoul of a witch in teaser trailer for Hokum

December 15, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Neon has shared the first teaser trailer for Hokum, the upcoming supernatural horror from writer-director Damian McCarthy.

The film follows Ohm (Adam Scott), a reclusive novelist who travels to Ireland to scatter his parents ashes, where he stays at a remote inn which is haunted by an ancient witch. 

When reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman (Scott) retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Soon, disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw him into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.

Hokum arrives in cinemas on May 1st 2026.

 

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: adam scott, Damian McCarthy, Hokum

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth's editorial team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Executive Editor of FlickeringMyth.com since 2020.

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