Moderately so — Hokum mixes scares with other modes. As a haunted house film, it scored 6.5/10 for fear, 7.7/10 for atmosphere, and 7.7/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 2 ratings.

What are some films like Hokum?

Films similar to Hokum on Watch Darkly include As Above, So Below (2014), 47 Meters Down (2017), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Hokum

2026 · R · 1h 51m

We've been expecting you.

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

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Curator Score

7.7

Overall

Based on 2 curator ratings

Strongest on atmosphere, light on gore.

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7.7Overall

Fear6.5

Gore2.5

Atmosphere7.7

Intensity6.0