That clip went viral, and Savage realised there was potential in an entire film. The film started out as a prank video that Savage made to scare his friends while on a Zoom hangout, using the software to transition to a clip from the Spanish horror movie REC. But what is remarkable about Host is that is was written, directed and edited in 12 weeks, entirely during lockdown. And neither is the concept of a film consisting entirely of video calls and computer screens, with both Unfriendedand Searching getting a good reception in recent years. The séance-gone-wrong plot is hardly original.
While most of them don’t take it very seriously, things suddenly get very, very real, very quickly. Under lockdown, six young friends agree to take part in a séance online. Host, which is now available on Shudder and through Amazon Prime, takes place during the pandemic, but it isn’t directly about coronavirus or anything. While the rest of the film and TV industry was trying to figure that out, British director Rob Savage was busy making Host, a brilliantly terrifying horror movie set entirely on Zoom. Like everything, COVID-19 has thrown film production into disarray – how are you meant to make a movie when actors aren’t allowed to be within two metres of each other?
The movie was made entirely during quarantine
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