W ell, they were really asking for it with that title, weren’t they? With jump-in-your-seat scares, supernatural silliness and a hodgepodge of spooky cinematic references, Hokum is a bubbling Irish stew from West Cork-born writer and director Damian McCarthy. He throws everything into the pot: local folkloric tales of an evil witch, a magic mushroom-gobbling oddball who lives in the woods, a basement that holds dark secrets. The first few slurps go down a treat, but ultimately the clashing flavours overpower one another. Sometimes less is more, y’know? Read more: The 10 weirdest horror films of all time Ohm (Adam Scott) is a successful American author who’s pitched up at the Bilberry Woods Hotel, a creepy establishment in rural Ireland. He’s arrived to scatter the ashes of his parents, who honeymooned here decades ago and always longed to return. Before even stepping foot inside the place, he’s encountered a strange apparition and a dead goat.…