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Six friends accidentally invite the attention of a demonic presence during an online séance and begin noticing strange occurrences in their homes.
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Critics Consensus

Lean, suspenseful, and scary, Host uses its timely premise to deliver a nastily effective treat for horror enthusiasts.

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Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News Feb 7, 2021
3/4
An effective shocker for our quarantine times. Go to Full Review
Adam Nayman Sight & Sound Feb 7, 2021
For what it is, it works. Go to Full Review
Philip De Semlyen Time Out Dec 5, 2020
4/5
Until someone makes a film about a haunted sourdough starter, this ingenious horror movie will remain the zeitgeistiest thing to emerge from lockdown. Go to Full Review
David Day Horror Movie Talk Sep 18, 2025
4/10
Host brings literally nothing new to the table at all. Everything I saw during my watching of this movie is stolen whole cloth from another found footage movie of varying title. Go to Full Review
Kat Halstead Common Sense Media Jun 11, 2025
A number of lockdown horrors made an impact in the early 2020s, but this clever Zoom-based chiller makes smart use of what became a very familiar medium during that time. Go to Full Review
Rocco T. Thompson Rue Morgue Magazine Jul 3, 2024
an of-our-moment frightener whose storyline takes a back seat to its penetrating undertone of disconnected anxiety, made all the more impactful by how authentically it captures our now daily ritual of grasping for each other across the digital void. Go to Full Review
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Brad A @RT04437610 5 days ago Easily the dumbest movie I've ever seen. I had to force myself to finish watching it. The idea is that they summoned a demon VIA ZOOM. Yes - you read that right... VIA ZOOM. It's soooooo dumb. And laptops morph back and forth between iphones and then back to laptops. Like this one girl is clearly holding a laptop... the way she's holding it. And then later she gets a "selfie stick" and puts it on the selfie stick... so it's an iphone now, even though she was holding it like a laptop earlier. This movie is soooooooo dumb. See more
Geo3 F @RT82897544 Nov 2, 2026 This was not a great horror film it was done via zoom and to me it felt like a workplace meeting with jump scares. it was at times funny and non scary so for me this is not a a great horror film or something I won't remember in a few days. See more
jamal G @RT69094674 Oct 31, 2026 Starts off well but loses me in the second half of the movie. See more
Kim A @RT48578975 Oct 22, 2026 The last 30 minutes scared the crap out of me See more
MS S @RT67740333 Oct 18, 2026 I know people generally love this movie, but I found it boring and predictable. See more
mark E @RT24026878 Oct 13, 2026 For what it’s trying to achieve it did it well and interesting way has some good moments which keep you watching and the run time although short is a good length for a movie filmed in this way. Really enjoyed it See more
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Movie Info

Synopsis Six friends accidentally invite the attention of a demonic presence during an online séance and begin noticing strange occurrences in their homes.
Director
Rob Savage
Screenwriter
Rob Savage, Gemma Hurley, Jed Shepherd
Production Co
Shadowbox Films Inc. , Boo-Urns
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 30, 2020
Runtime
57m
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