Review #168: Host (2020)
This review was originally written in 2022. Gabe's 100 Bucket List Horror Films Review #23: Host (2020) Right out of the gate: this movie is a delight! Short but sweet, Host is the product of a group of people trying to make the best of a bad situation, and although it's not particularly deep or thoughtful, it was exactly what it set out to be. The plot of Host is a simple one: during the 2020 Covid pandemic, a group of friends decide to host a seance over a Zoom call. They don't take it seriously, they break the rules of contacting the other side, bing bang boom, ghosts or demons or something. And that's it! There's no significant character development, there's no gut-wrenching plot twists, just fifty-seven minutes of set-ups and scares. (Yes many of the scares are of the jump variety, but in my opinion there's enough variation and cleverness involved throughout that it's not a dealbreaker for me.) The movie was made on a shoestring budget, and it shows...