Whether it’s using a camera to light up a dark room or throwing flour on the floor to spot a demonic entity, Savage shows he’s a student of the game. Over its short runtime, Host manages to cram in quite a few familiar tricks. Host Embodies the DIY Spirit Of Indie Horror Sharp editing helps nail a few excellent jump scares. With anywhere from one to five windows or panels open, it’s intermittent reinforcement at its best as you wonder when and where something will happen. Similar to Unfriended, Host makes excellent use of its technology. Savage puts you on the edge of your seat and may even prompt some viewers to cover their eyes a few times. From that point onward, however, Host is a case study in ratcheting up tension from zero to 10.

Of course, there’s the expected banter found in most found-footage movies as we familiarize ourselves with the characters. … Host is a case study in ratcheting up tension from zero to 10.Įarly in its 60 minutes, Savage primes audiences to watch the corners of their screen closely with a few teases. Director Rob Savage, who shares writing credits with Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd, gets it right where it counts. Moreover, as with any found-footage movie, Host occasionally stretches your suspension of disbelief as characters carry around laptops and keep filming when it no longer makes sense. The comparisons are inevitable as the format dictates that the Shudder original has to follow at least some of the same set-up’s. Though it’s filmed with Zoom audiences will instantly think of Unfriended. No one is going to accuse Host of being original. Host is a 60-Minutes Roller-Coaster of Anticipation and Dread Now the medium has been cut off the girls are left on their own, cut off from the outside world. But when one of the girls, Jemma, calls out to a made-up spirit, she opens a door to the unknown. They even have a drinking game for the occasion – a shot for every time the medium mentions the ‘astral plane’. Cooped up and bored in their apartments during the coronavirus pandemic, Hayley and her friends meet up on Zoom for a seance.

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