Host

There are well-placed jump scares, ones made all the more impressive by the fact we are seeing them via webcam.

Even if Savage didn’t ground the film so perfectly in the inherent social terror of moment – setting this specifically in the time of pa...

"Host" observes uncannily the supernatural, ephemeral, and material worlds colliding together, gesturing toward an uncertain future.

Though the film gets off to a slow start, once the scares start coming, Savage has his audience in the palm of his hand.

For what it is, it works.

The characters, performances, and the skillful way [director] Rob Savage sets up his scares really save this movie.

An adrenaline-spiking fresh take on a well-worn horror format, Host transcends its high-concept premise to deliver original ideas – and s...

As impressive as the stunts and practical effects are, especially for a film that came together so quickly, much of it will be recognizable to...

Host is a lean, nasty little exercise that might not linger for very long but it shows what can be done during this difficult time.

An effective shocker for our quarantine times.

Good directors embrace limitations, and Rob Savage has more than proven his worth on this front.

It’s still rubbish – you’ll be constantly yelling, "Just turn on the bloody lights!" – but a good kind of rubbish.

Savage and co-writers Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd do a fine enough job setting up their movie’s better set pieces, but it’s hard...