Host

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Host

2020

57m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Six friends accidentally invite the attention of a demonic presence during an online séance and begin noticing strange occurrences in their homes.

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Critics Consensus

Lean, suspenseful, and scary, Host uses its timely premise to deliver a nastily effective treat for horror enthusiasts.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

An effective shocker for our quarantine times.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 7, 2021

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Adam Nayman

Sight & Sound

For what it is, it works.

Feb 7, 2021

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

Until someone makes a film about a haunted sourdough starter, this ingenious horror movie will remain the zeitgeistiest thing to emerge from lockdown.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 5, 2020

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Rocco T. Thompson

Rue Morgue Magazine

an of-our-moment frightener whose storyline takes a back seat to its penetrating undertone of disconnected anxiety, made all the more impactful by how authentically it captures our now daily ritual of grasping for each other across the digital void.

Jul 3, 2024

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Akos Peterbencze

Frame Rated (Medium)

...in a genre that’s challenging enough itself with various forms (see also the brilliantly written and shocking 2018 masterpiece Searching), Host took advantage of a global pandemic in a delicious way.

Jul 26, 2023

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Jessica Scott

Nightmarish Conjurings

Host is an innovative, timely, and terrifying Zoom-based horror film that mines classic found footage tropes for fresh new scares and uses technological and logistical limitations to its advantage.

Dec 7, 2022

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Stuart R

I accept this film a lot more than most up its alley thanks to [mostly] its surprisingly solid pace and set of actors. 🍅

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/08/25

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D P

I don’t know if it was scarier to go back to 2020 or the movie in general but it was real good. I remembered watching Blair Witch Project years ago and feeling similarly

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/25/24

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Tom D

I dont buy into the scenario. A zoom based flick that starts with multiscreen but moves to one screen if an effect is needed. Not original, its been done better.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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Liam D

Filmed and set during the 2020 lockdown, it’s an very impressive technical film that is an truly creepy thriller and one of the best Screenlife movie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/10/24

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Audience Member

This movie is the epitome that circumstances and environmental factors affect what people think of something or someone, if you read every critic review of it, you will realize that most if not all of them are praising it for the quarantine-related horror, as apparently looks like everyone at the moment was genuinely scared for their life due to covid-19, and how they were forced to stay in lockdown...just read their reviews. Now watch the movie nowadays, with ur usual neutral emotions and unaffected perspective....yeah....redundant jumpscares...non-existent plot, expected scenario, and the most awful of all, cringe-acting with a logical plot hole that you would just stare at and be like, Why the fuck? Forgettable, and not recommended in general. (My positive rating is just for the visual effects in some scenes, and Radina Drandova UwU).

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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Sophie S

Shat my pants many times. Really good build up of suspense. If you liked the first paranormal activity then you’ll like this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

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Synopsis

Six friends accidentally invite the attention of a demonic presence during an online séance and begin noticing strange occurrences in their homes.

Director: Rob Savage
Screenwriter: Rob Savage, Gemma Hurley, Jed Shepherd
Production Co: Shadowbox Films Inc. , Boo-Urns
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 30, 2020
Runtime: 57m

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