Pooka is unsettling—and not in the way a horror movie should be.
Wilson is a struggling actor. Big break nowhere in sight, he tries his luck as a costumed children’s entertainer. Initially, he wouldn’t dream of donning this suit. Now, he literally cannot live without it.
This movie plays with the audience. This makes the timeline confusing, if not straight-up wrong. The end tries to reconcile this and other quirks, but it’s unsatisfying, and raises more questions than answers.