2020 · horror · thriller
Host (2020)
Directed by Rob Savage56m2020
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realise they might not survive the night.
Our read: Host (2020) (2020) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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How Host feels to watch.
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