Host is set to premiere on Shudder on July 30th and stars Haley Bishop ( Deep State), Radina Drandova ( Dawn of the Deaf), Edward Linard ( The Rebels), Jemma Moore ( Doom: Annihilation), Caroline Ward ( Stalling It) and Emma Louise Webb ( The Crown). I hope this is the first of many collaborations!” It was such a rewarding process and the final product is something we’re all so proud of. We thought people would have pretty low expectations as (1) its a Zoom horror movie, which sounds on paper like a really bad idea, and (2) that it was made in lockdown. Shudder understood the potential of this mad little film from day one and totally supported us making it in our own way. Host is a brisk 56-minutes long and no time is wasted. It’s also a new twist on The Blair Witch found footage genre. “When lockdown began, I spent week’s bingeing everything on Shudder, so to find myself premiering a new film on the platform only a few months later is incredible. Host unfolds over Zoom during the pandemic lockdown of 2020. “I’m a certified Shudder obsessive,” added Savage. “What he and his team created in Host surpassed all our expectations - it’s a great horror film that cleverly uses the idea of a Zoom séance to fashion a story that’s uniquely realistic and terrifying, with jaw-dropping stunts done entirely by the actors.” “We saw a short horror film Rob shot during quarantine that went viral, and we immediately asked if he had an idea for a full-length feature,” said Craig Engler, Shudder’s General Manager. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realize they might not survive the night. Host promises to deliver “groundbreaking scares, stunts, and surprises” and tells the story of six friends who hire a medium to hold a séance over Zoom during lockdown, but they get far more than they bargain for as things quickly go wrong. Horror streaming service Shudder has announced the upcoming premiere of Host, a new Zoom-based horror film from award-winning director Rob Savage ( Dawn of the Deaf) which was shot remotely during quarantine with the actors in their own homes. Host, the Scariest Horror Movie of 2020, Is Now Out on VOD The Zoom séance gone wrong was one of the first productions to film during quarantine.
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