Indeed, the surprisingly effective way one of these films uses that gimmick to build tension is what gives it an edge over the other.įor a film as thematically and aesthetically modern as Host, it is very light on references to technology and internet culture, save your basic Zoom features (facial filters, custom backgrounds).
If there is one key element to a good horror flick that both Host and Unfriended have mastered, it is taut, high-wire suspense - something few would have expected from a film framed as a video call. In that regard, Host easily takes this round. However, I do find a random demon of great evil and unexplainable power using a mandatory quarantine to its advantage scarier than kids who live relatively close to each other facing the wrath of a tech-savvy ghost from their past (more on that later). Neither film gets points for having the more “believable” supernatural antagonist. Someone only identified by the username "Billie227" invites themselves onto the call and forces them into a deadly game of "Never Have I Ever." Unable to block the stranger or remove themselves from the meeting, the characters suspect they are being toyed with from someone beyond the grave who may be from their past. On a night in which their parents must have forbade them from leaving the house, a group of teenagers are hanging out via Skype on a what happens to be the suicide anniversary of their classmate, Laura Barns (Heather Sossaman).
Just when they thought their national lockdown could not get any worse, they accidentally conjure an entity that puts all of them in grave danger. She decides to invite a medium onto the call to guide them through a seance, during which they discover that it is especially important to keep the circle unbroken when contacting spirits remotely. Forced into quarantine amid the outbreak of COVID-19 in the UK, it is Haley's (Haley Bishop) turn to choose the week's activity for her friends to share over Zoom.
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