HOKUM
2026Neon · 107 MIN · 2026-05-01
HOKUM
2026
ROT SCORE
MIG'S SCORE
85/ 100
SYNOPSIS
A troubled and frankly rude horror writer (played by Severance's Adam Scott) heads to an Irish inn to scatter his parents' ashes. As all old Irish inns go, there's a witch trapped in one of the rooms -- and naturally, he can't leave it alone.
WHAT IS REDDIT SAYING?
Mostly PositiveReddit's loving the vibe here -- the haunted hotel atmosphere, Adam Scott's deadpan dread, and Damian McCarthy topping himself again with his best film yet.
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Score Breakdown
SATAN'S BOARDROOM
| SOURCE | RAW SCORE | NORMALIZED / 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Beelzebimbo | 7.5 / 10 | 75.0 |
| Cauldron Kyle | 8 / 10 | 80.0 |
| Mig's Score | 85 / 100 | 85.0 |
| SATAN'S BOARDROOM AVG | 80.0 | |
GENRE SITES
| SOURCE | RAW SCORE | NORMALIZED / 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Bloody Disgusting | 4.5 / 5 | 90.0 |
| Dread Central | 4 / 5 | 80.0 |
| Daily Dead | 4.5 / 5 | 90.0 |
| Nightmare on Film Street | 95 | 95.0 |
| Certified Forgotten | N/A | — |
| JoBlo | 8 / 10 | 80.0 |
| GENRE SITES AVG | 87.0 | |
MAINSTREAM SOURCES
RT Critic + RT Audience are averaged together and count as 50% of this bucket. All other sources share the remaining 50% equally.
| SOURCE | RAW SCORE | NORMALIZED / 100 |
|---|---|---|
| RT Critic | 90% | 90.0 |
| RT Audience | 82% | 82.0 |
| Letterboxd | 3.28 / 5 | 65.6 |
| IMDb | 7.5 / 10 | 75.0 |
| Metacritic Critic | 76 / 100 | 76.0 |
| Metacritic User | 7 / 10 | 70.0 |
| Slash Film | 8 / 10 | 80.0 |
| IGN | 4 / 10 | 40.0 |
| The Film Stage | N/A | — |
| Collider | 7 / 10 | 70.0 |
| Roger Ebert | 3.5 / 4 | 87.5 |
| RT AVG (50% of bucket) | 86.0 | |
| MAINSTREAM AVG | 78.3 | |
FORMULA WEIGHTS
| SOURCE | NORMALIZED | BASE WT | ACTUAL WT | CONTRIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satan's Boardroom | 80.0 | 10% | 10.0% | 8.0 |
| Genre Sites | 87.0 | 50% | 50.0% | 43.5 |
| Mainstream Sites | 78.3 | 40% | 40.0% | 31.3 |
| Broad Excellence Bonus | — | — | — | +11.2 |
| Ceiling Compression | — | — | — | -1.5 |
| ROT SCORE | 100.0% | 92 | ||
Bonus awarded for strong agreement across multiple buckets.
Scores above 90 ease toward 100 instead of clipping flat, so a film that's genuinely better still ranks higher. Nothing reaches a perfect 100.