Severance Star Adam Scott's Cult Horror Movie Surges On Streaming

Adam Scott has been a busy chap. The "Parks and Recreation" star has found major success on TV with the sci-fi mystery "Severance," and in 2026, has starred in two movies that have gone under the radar. While "The Whisper Man" has Netflix to keep it propped up, horror movie "Hokum" is only now getting the recognition it deserves as it hits streaming services as well. "Hokum" hit No. 1 and then settled at No. 3 on Hulu, which is fantastic to see — and as Halloween rolls around, it's an excellent film to get your scares on.

We already have an excellent breakdown of the Irish folk-horror movie, but it sees Scott play Ohm Bauman, an author who stays at a hotel that's potentially haunted. Rather than a scare-a-minute shlock, it's a well-paced spooky story that'll really get the hairs on end once it kicks into high gear. Scott's unique acting ability to play these shrew-like, fearful individuals is uncanny, really egging on the entire movie further.

"Hokum" received wide acclaim on release, hitting 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, with people praising the director, Damian McCarthy. His two previous films were also horrors set in Ireland, with "Oddity" and "Caveat" both earning critical approval, garnering 96% and 82% scores on the aggregator site.

The film might have gained critical thumbs-up all over — and it was a financial success, making $25 million off the back of $5 million — but it was buried among one of the best runs of horror films we've had in quite some time. "Hokum" released in May 2026 — four weeks later, it was met with "Backrooms," which went on to trounce the fivefold profit that "Hokum" made with $400 million versus a $10 million budget, or 40 times the budget.

But even before "Backrooms," on May 15, 2026 — just two weeks after "Hokum's" debut — "Obsession" released. It would go on to become the highest-earning horror film of 2026 — 10th of the year and fifth-highest-grossing horror film of all time. Here, a $750,000 budget was met with a $523 million box office run. Now, there's even a "Fortnite" crossover that completely misses the entire point of the movie!

However, with the obsession over these two films now subsiding, and "Hokum" available on Hulu (and thereby Disney+), it's getting the exposure it really should have had to begin with. It's good it is getting it around Halloween, as other horror entries in 2026, like "Resident Evil," haven't hit streaming just yet. Wrap up warm, get the popcorn, and get ready to see looks of bewilderment brought to you by Adam Scott.