Netflix and takeaways on the sofa’ doesn’t make for the best fireside story, of course, so most of us won’t have much to tell the grandkids.
But for filmmaker Jed Shepherd and actor Emma Louise Webb, COVID-19 might end up being the thing that kickstarted their movie careers.Taking its cues from found-footage classics like Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project, indie horror Host is the year’s biggest surprise hit.
Set and filmed entirely during lockdown, the plot is simple: a group of friends try to alleviate their boredom by conducting an online séance via Zoom.
After one participant dares to mock the online ritual, an invisible demon downloads itself into each of their homes and begins separate, savage attacks leading to gruesome.
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