All the Right Ingredients but the Dread Never Fully Sets In

Damian McCarthy’s latest horror film arrives with the blueprint of a classic haunted tale. A remote hotel filled with buried history, locked rooms, lingering tragedy, and personal ghosts waiting to resurface. On paper, Hokum feels tailor-made for fans of traditional ghost stories. But despite its strong foundation and carefully constructed atmosphere, the film never quite creates the lingering unease that defines the genre’s most memorable hauntings.