While the film does not welcome any interactivity a la Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, you may even be surprised to find yourself wanting to participate in the story, which I can personally vouch for by how often I would holler, scream, and grip my laptop for dear life, or the moment I caught myself subconsciously adjusting my speaker volume as the characters were doing the same thing. Watching the film on a computer screen creates the illusion that you are more than an audience member, but actually part of the Zoom call which takes place and, therefore, in just as much danger as your friends (the characters) are. The same philosophy applies to Host, but with an even smaller screen, of course. Supposedly, a smaller TV screen is the most appropriate venue for the found footage horror favorite’s amateur, “homemade” appeal to guarantee a more believable and, therefore, creepier, experience. I recall a time when audiences claimed that, despite its impressive box office returns, 2009’s Paranormal Activity was even scarier to watch at home. It Creates A More Authentic, Immersive Atmosphere When Watching Host In case you are not yet convinced, I have four reasons to prove it. However, I strongly believe that fans owe it to themselves to put down the remote and pick up their laptop to watch (or rewatch) one of the greatest surprises in the horror genre this year. The Den, Searching, and the Unfriended movies) this is the kind of viewing recommendation I would never give any other movie (don’t even get me started on people who watch movies on their phones).
Now, believe me, with the exclusion of a handful of films of a similar theme (i.e. Thus, the best way to watch Host is not on your smart TV, your Roku device, or by hooking your laptop or desktop to the TV via HDMI, but straight from your own personal computer.
The film is framed entirely as a video call between the morbidly curious friends over Zoom and presented in real time. Conceived and shot during the UK lockdown amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the story follows a group of friends who decide their quarantined activity for the week will be a virtual seance which, inevitably (and horrifically), does not go as planned.
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