Total Skull: May, 2026

Things that brought me delight in May, 2026:HokumA belligerent American author (is there any other kind?) travels to Ireland to dispose of his parents' ashes at the hotel where they spent their honeymoon. As it turns out, the hotel harbors a few dark secrets that the writer finds himself inextricably drawn into. I really liked director Damian McCarthy's previous film, Oddity, and while Hokum is a little more reliant on jump scares than I usually go in for, it's a worthy follow up with some truly tense moments and a plot that takes some turns you probably won't see coming. I absolutely loved the horrible little horror host man who shows up on the television at one point; when is that guy getting a spin-off movie of his own?Hannah Whitten, The Foxglove KingFrom the standard-issue cover art, you probably wouldn't expect that the premise of Hannah Whitten's The Foxglove King is that a busty drug-running necromancer is recruited by the church to spy on the maybe-traitorous crown prince and…