Hokum

This dark film – in story, and particularly in treatment – gets almost everything wrong when it comes to pacing, neither giving its actors any room, nor letting its characters grow into people. Hokum mounts one so-called scare after another without ever reaching the audacity of that moment.

Damian McCarthy's film sustains an eerie folklore mood and strong performances, but the narrative grows increasingly uneven. The film builds the fear but forgets the story.