Is Hokum an Irish witch movie, an Irish ghost movie, or an Irish folklore movie? All of the above. And it’s so much more.

00:00 Intro
00:49 Another Adam Scott Creature Feature? The Hokum—Krampus Connection
01:12 Damian McCarthy’s Signature: Humans Are the Real Villains, Not Ghosts, Witches, or Wooden People
01:39 The Witch in Hokum Explained: What Is a Cailleach in Irish Folklore?
03:23 Was the Witch/Cailleach in Hokum Part of the Tuatha Dé Danann?
03:58 The Truth About Irish Fairies (The Aes Sídhe, the Banshee)
04:20 Redwood Trees in Ireland? The Significance of Hokum’s Redwood Explained
05:08 Why Does the Witch in Hokum Have Chains? (Chains in Irish Folklore: the Dullahan, the Púca)
05:53 Hokum’s Samhain Setting (And Why It Isn’t Emphasized)
06:21 Icelandic Folklore in Hokum? The Witch in the Stone Boat
08:04 Hokum = The Irish Shining? Bilberry Woods Hotel = The Irish Overlook?
08:33 Hokum’s Furry Friends Explained: Rabbits/Hares, Goats, Jackasses/Donkeys
09:59 The Celtic Wild Man of the Woods Folklore Motif in Hokum
10:41 Did This “Haunted” Irish Castle/Hotel Inspire Hokum’s Bilberry Woods Hotel?
12:11 The Celtic Wild Woman of Ballygally Castle: Janet/Jean/Jane Park
13:24 What Hokum Got Wrong: Irish Folklore Book and Chalk Circles (The Hokum in Hokum)
13:34 Is the Irish Folklore Book in Hokum Real?
13:46 Do the Chalk Circles in Hokum Exist in Irish Mythology?
14:15 What Does the Ogham in Hokum Say? I Translated the Film’s Chalk Doorway Inscriptions
15:23 The Conquistador Scenes in Hokum (And the Folklore That Inspired Them): Hokum’s Prologue and Epilogue Explained
17:58 Hokum’s Folklorical Accuracy Grade

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Folklore in Sinners Everyone Missed: https://youtu.be/MT8QzdjxBDE?si=LjqpaBevqEpB-EU-

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