Host

Name: Host
Genre: Horror
Released: July 30, 2020
Duration: 56 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Alan Emrys, Caroline Ward, Edward Linard, Emma Louise Webb, Haley Bishop

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Shudder | Release Date (Streaming): July 30, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Alan Emrys, Caroline Ward, Edward Linard, Emma Louise Webb, Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Jinny Lofthouse, Patrick Ward, Radina Drandova, Seylan Baxter

Summary: Six friends get together during lockdown for their weekly zoom call. It's Haley’s turn to organize an activity and instead of a quiz, she’s arranged for a Medium to conduct a séance. Bored and feeling mischievous, Jemma decides to have some fun and invents a story about a boy in her school who hanged himself. However, her prank givesSix friends get together during lockdown for their weekly zoom call. It's Haley’s turn to organize an activity and instead of a quiz, she’s arranged for a Medium to conduct a séance. Bored and feeling mischievous, Jemma decides to have some fun and invents a story about a boy in her school who hanged himself. However, her prank gives license for a demonic presence to cross over, taking on the guise of the boy in Jemma’s made-up story. The friends begin noticing strange occurrences in their homes as the evil presence begins to make itself known, and they soon realize that they might not survive the night.… Expand

Director: Rob Savage

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 56 min

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Richard Whittaker

Jul 31, 2020

One of the most brutally innovative horrors of the last few years, and all done through windows on a computer screen. Read full review

Michael Roffman

Jul 30, 2020

Host is so clever, so creepy, and so effective. At 56 minutes, this is a lean and mean slice of horror, a fitting opening salvo for the spooky season ahead. Read full review

Empire Al Horner

Aug 3, 2020

An adrenaline-spiking fresh take on a well-worn horror format, Host transcends its high-concept premise to deliver original ideas — and scream-worthy surprises. Read full review

Christopher Machell

Dec 10, 2020

Conceived, written, shot and released all in the early months of the Covid crisis and taking place entirely on a Zoom call, Host is about as contemporary – and chilling – as it gets. Read full review

Kyle Turner

Jul 30, 2020

Though not as dynamic as “Unfriended,” another “desktop movie,” Host observes uncannily the supernatural, ephemeral, and material worlds colliding together, gesturing toward an uncertain future. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Jul 30, 2020

It’s nice to see that the first horror movie to specifically address our present hellish circumstances is as unpretentious and tidy as it is. Read full review

The Guardian Benjamin Lee

Jul 31, 2020

Host is a lean, nasty little exercise that might not linger for very long but it shows what can be done during this difficult time. Once regular shooting resumes, we should look forward to whatever Savage comes up with next. Read full review

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SportyGeek

Aug 13, 2020

Fantastic horror movie that kept me jumping and my nerves wracked. Highly recommend.

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gabrielbizzotto

Feb 12, 2021

An extremely fun and entertaining horror movie which shows the potential of desktop movies.

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LorDofLegEnd

Nov 12, 2021

Innovative horror not that scary but still fun to watch one of the best of 2020

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Al_reviewer

Feb 15, 2021

Top marks to the director for technical ability. Apparently all this was done remotely with the actors directing the camera and stunts. Story, depth, scare factor ...etc doesn’t leave a strong impression

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Panchogul

Aug 10, 2020

Nada del otro mundo, lo único bueno es que dura 56 minutos, tiene el estilo visual de Eliminar Amigo y Searching, pero no aporta nada en particular al género.

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Molestatron

Jan 15, 2021

The high praise this film has received is really the perfect reflection on what an awful year 2020 was for the movie industry. Literally a regurgitation of Unfriended and other films of that kind (social media call based). Just because it mentions covid and it's relevant to our currentThe high praise this film has received is really the perfect reflection on what an awful year 2020 was for the movie industry. Literally a regurgitation of Unfriended and other films of that kind (social media call based). Just because it mentions covid and it's relevant to our current situation doesn't make it a good film. Minimal scares and when they do occur in its extremely short run time of 56 minutes they are very predictable jump scares. Not for me, no discredit to the people who worked on this film, I just believe its current reviews have ballooned expectations… Expand

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Prottoy

Aug 17, 2020

If you watched Unfriended 1 & 2,maybe you don't need this one... I don't know if the director wanted another Unfriended movie by himself,or just was inspired... ALLAAH KNOWS BEST AND MAY HE FORGIVE ME FOR CRITICISING....

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