The director is Rob Savage and the screenplay was written by himself along with Gemma Hurley and his longtime filmmaker-partner Jed Shepherd. Host was actually pitched to Shudder, who (fortunately) jumped at the chance to produce this movie immediately. Hey, I just want to stay safe and alive, okay?! And yes, I was the scaredy-cat that participated despite being scared sh*tless. And that is how you do found-footage right.Īctually, as a rule, most viewers should find themselves relating to at least one of the characters in this Zoom chat. She’s a believer in the paranormal, so she tries to catch strange events on film. She’s the protagonist in investigating whether something supernatural is going on. How wrong I was!Īlso, it did actually make sense later on since this one character would film something.

Only one time during the beginning did I wonder why someone chose to film something, And my heart sank because I thought this would be yet another semi-decent found footage movie. With this Shudder found-footage movie, everyone should be reminded why movies such as The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, and Cloverfield made the genre a huge smash hit. The subgenre got a bad rep because filmmakers got sloppy when making them.

And I do actually enjoy found footage movie. Not only is Host the perfect quarantine movie, it’s also one of the most well-executed found footage films I’ve ever watched.

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