Published May 5, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT 'I just wrote so fast' Damian McCarthy still wants another shot at Caveat Image: HyneSight Films Damian McCarthy has regrets. The Irish writer-director behind indie film distributor Neon's latest hit horror movie, Hokum , still looks back at his first feature film, Caveat , with a twinge of dissatisfaction. It's not that he's unhappy with the movie, which he shot on a budget of just $250,000 and debuted at the IndieCork Film Festival in 2020. It's just that, in hindsight, he knows Caveat could have been even better. "I'm very proud of Caveat ," McCarthy tells Polygon, "but sometimes, you'd like to have another crack at these things." Caveat follows an amnesiac drifter, Isaac (Johnny French), who takes a job looking after a mentally unwell woman, Olga (Leila Sykes), who lives alone on a small island. As part of the agreement, Isaac must wear a harness that limits his access to certain parts of the house.…