Severance star Adam Scott in new supernatural horror to be filmed in West Cork
Adam Scott will star in HOKUM, the next horror movie from Oddity filmmaker Damian McCarthy. "A horror novelist visits a remote Irish inn to spread his parents’ ashes, unaware the place is rumored to be haunted by a witch."
star Adam Scott is to star in a new supernatural horror movie filmed in west Cork.
The actor will play a lead role in , from Bantry filmmaker Damian McCarthy.
The project — which will film at West Cork Film Studios — is the latest from McCarthy, whose 2024 horror proved to be a smash hit with audiences and critics.
Filming will begin this month on , in which Scott will play a horror novelist who visits a remote Irish inn to spread his parents’ ashes, unaware of rumours it is haunted by a witch. The film is being backed by Screen Ireland.
will be co-produced by Irish production company Tailored Films, who have recently enjoyed international success with e. That film charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn. actors Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong have both been nominated for Academy Awards for their performances at next month’s Oscars. Tailored Films’ , an Irish thriller starring Barry Keoghan, is currently in cinemas.
International production companies Spooky Pictures and Image Nation are also involved in McCarthy’s project.
will be shot at West Cork Film Studios, with other locations yet to be announced. The opening of the studios, based in Skibbereen, was warmly welcomed in 2023 when it was officially opened by Oscar winner David Puttnam.
US actor Adam Scott will travel to Ireland to star in the film. Scott has dozens of screen roles to his credit, including TV series and . He currently stars in the hit sci-fi thriller .
is the third feature film from writer-director Damian McCarthy, who is emerging as one of the most exciting voices in Irish cinema. McCarthy’s father ran a shop in Bantry, John McCarthy Electrical, in the 1980s and 1990s, which included a video rental business. It was here that the filmmaker’s love for horror was first honed, and he first explored the idea of making his own films.
McCarthy studied filmmaking in St John’s College in Cork before working in the family business as an electrician. “My day job was working with my dad as an electrician,” he told the Irish Examiner last year. “It (filmmaking) was always a hobby. If I went to an interesting location at work, for example, if we were rewiring a house or an office, I’d think: ‘Oh, this place is quite interesting. I'd ask the owners if I could come back at the weekend and maybe shoot something.”
Shot on location at Bantry House, proved to be a huge hit for McCarthy and was one of the best-reviewed films of 2024, with a 96% positive rating on aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. It tells the story of a blind psychic determined to uncover the truth about her twin sister’s murder.
