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‘Host’ is the first coronavirus-era horror | movie review

Karl Delossantos's avatar
Karl Delossantos
Aug 22, 2020
∙ Paid

Host, billed as the first movie filmed and released during quarantine, follows a group of friends staging a Zoom seance with an uninvited guest

Quick cut: At just 57 minutes, Host is far from overly long. Although it certainly stretches its interesting premise to the max. Still, it achieves an anxiety-inducing atmosphere coupled with genuinely chilling horror setpieces that keeps you online.

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