Host(2020)
2020 · Rob Savage · 57 min
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realise they might not survive the night.
Horror
6.61.3k votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Host scares
You feel trapped in real time, watching a normal video call quietly curdle into panic while nobody can just walk over and help each other. The first half is all unease and small wrong details in the background of people's homes, then the pace snaps into sharp, well-placed jolts once the spirit starts acting up. Because it's shot like an actual Zoom call, the fear feels close and personal rather than cinematic, like it's happening to people you know. It's a quick, effective scare rather than a heavy, haunting one, great for a lockdown-era watch party looking for a jolt.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Host rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 60 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 35 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
Starts as light, casual hangout chatter that slowly curdles into unease before snowballing into a nonstop final sprint of escalating panic.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5.
How scary is Host?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Host rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be restrained with gore and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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