His authentic approach seeps into Host's final product, making its quality all the more impressive.Īlways on the lookout for new horror/science fiction/dystopian films for Friday movie nights, I know what I'll be watching tonight.

In an interview with SF Chronicle, director Rob Savage explained that he got Zoom's permission to use their software in the film, taught the actors how to set up spooky effects with fishing wire, and directed their performances over video chat. Though Host takes place on a computer screen, it feels different from previous attempts at laptop horror because its principal photography actually took place using the devices used by the characters. Zoom is a 2016 Sri Lankan Sinhala horror romantic film directed by Sameera Wackwella and co-produced by Dhammika Abeysena and Praveen Jayaratne for Dil Films International Limited. The seance goes about as well as any seance goes in a horror movie, though Host is far from typical in its brilliance and unique execution. One of the friends, the uptight but justified Hayley (Haley Bishop), sets up the meeting as an 'online seance,' calling in a medium to provide some low-key thrills for her friends. Host's premise revolves around a group of friends meeting up on Zoom to stay in touch while social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.

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