Host (2020)
Host
”A group of friends hires a medium for a Zoom session, but an evil spirit invades their homes.”
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2020 will be remembered historically for the new coronavirus pandemic and the quarantine that affected all peoples and countries, requiring meetings, gatherings and chats to be done virtually. Thus, director Rob Savage was clever in taking a premise already seen in 'Unfriended': young people in an unpretentious conversation via digital platforms and who must deal with a haunting that pursues them, traveling through virtual means. Savage seems to have a greater mastery of scares and chills than Levan Gabriadze of 'Unfriended', creating even more tense moments in meager 57 minutes. It's not the most original movie in the world. But, given the 2020 climate, it may be one of the most interesting jokes about what the world has experienced.
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During quarantine, a group of friends hires a medium to do a session in a Zoom meeting. Things seemed fine, until an evil spirit started to invade their homes and they realized that they might not survive the night.
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