![]() ![]() The idea for Host came after director Rob Savage pranked his friends over a Zoom call, he told Rolling Stone. I’ve been hearing strange noises from my attic, so I called a few friends and went to investigate… /CxmJAf44ob- Rob Savage April 21, 2020 Like the audience, they’re all clearly tired of this shit. The annoyance of joining a Zoom call properly (and the piercing sounds of bad audio reverb). There’s the frustration of wrangling an older parent who keeps going outside, even if a short walk may mean certain doom. While we don’t spend much time with the friends before things get creepy, we see them deal with issues familiar to anyone living through the COVID-19 epidemic. And the aforementioned guy friend is staying with his girlfriend’s parents in the country. One girl invited her short-term significant other to stay with her, but they’re clearly already tired of each other. Most are locked down in their apartments, but there are glimpses of the other ways people are sheltering in place. We meet the main characters, a group of young Millennial women and their obligatory, wild guy buddy. If you’re watching it on a laptop, it’s easy to mistake it for the ritual you may already be doing several times a day. The film starts with a Zoom call login (complete with manually selecting “Join with Computer Audio”). ![]()
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