It's the early days of the first Corona lockdown, and meeting one's friends via Zoom-call is still a pretty novel thing, but Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb, Radina Drandova, Caroline Ward and Edward Linard have adapted to the new kind of communication fairly well, and for today, they've come up with a new idea to keep things interesting even, a virtual séance led by medium Seylan Baxter. But of course, not all of the friends take it seriously, culminating in Jemma pretending to be haunted by her dead boyfriend - and then the connection to Seylan breaks down, and things get spooky in the homes of all the friends, with phenomena ranging from knocking to inexplicable footprints, to moving furniture, and eventually it becomes clear that whatever they have summoned hasn't come just to scare them ...

When Zoom became a thing during the pandemic, many a filmmaker tried their hands on the new medium to just keep making movies, if remotely. And while this versatility is of course commendable, not all the outcome was, let's say, great. Host though really gets things right, as it seems less forced than other movies of its ilk, the way of storytelling is properly introduced into the story, the script is solid, it's nicely enough filmed, and the effects really work. Basically, if you only ever want to watch one Zoom-inspired movie, this one might as well be it.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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