Host (2020)

This week, Scott and Marc fire up Zoom for a deep dive into Rob Savage’s 2020 found-footage nightmare, HOST!

Filmed in just 12 weeks during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, Host is a lean, mean 57 minutes of relentless tension. The plot follows six friends who try to break up the monotony of quarantine by hiring a medium to conduct a séance over a Zoom call. But when one of them disrespects the ritual and invents a fake deceased friend as a joke, they unknowingly open a door for a demonic entity to enter their homes. As the Zoom call counts down, the spirit targets each participant one by one in their own isolated spaces—turning custom digital backgrounds, clever face filters, and basic household items like flour and flash photography into terrifying set pieces.

We talk about how Host stands as a brilliant, terrifying time capsule to a very specific and surreal moment in world history—perfectly capturing the suffocating anxiety, tech fatigue, and sheer isolation of 2020—while delivering a masterclass in modern jump scares and genuine horror to boot.

Also on the show:

• No 3-Word Reviews this week—don't panic, it's taking a short break and will be back next episode!

• We dive into the mailbag to listen to your voicemails.

• An impromptu, chaotic game of our Difficult Quiz Meltdown.

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