About this episode
Neil McRobert interviews horror filmmaker Damian McCarthy about his latest film Hokum.
This week we host one of the most exciting horror filmmakers of the decade – Damian McCarthy, the twisted mind behind Caveat, Oddity and now, Hokum. It’s the biggest film in Damian’s career so far, with his biggest star, Adam Scott playing Ohm, a deeply flawed American writer who travels to Ireland, to spread his parent’s ashes. Whilst staying in a creaky old hotel, he stumbled across dark human conspiracy and witchy haunting. Damian is so much nicer than Ohm, and this is a cheery conversation about the cheeriest scary film I’ve seen in a while! Enjoy Support Talking Scared on Patreon Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch Come talk books on Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Neil McRobert
Guest: Damian McCarthy
Topics covered
- horror filmmaking
- interview
- dark human conspiracy
- witchy haunting
- film discussion
Keywords
- horror
- filmmaking
- interview
- Caveat
- Oddity
- Hokum
- Adam Scott
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Caveat, Oddity, Hokum
Places: Ireland, creaky old hotel
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