is an amazing FX Artist! He made the prosthetics, sent them over and talked me through applying them (over Zoom) as I applied them using a mirror #HappySpookies /kZ9ugl3Sba- Caroline Ward (She/Her) August 7, 2020Īll the actors filmed with mobile phones taped onto their laptops. Learning how to apply my own prosthetics was one of my favourite parts of making the #Host. wMZRMuhfuD- Film Updates August 11, 2020Īctors learned new skills while doing everything on their own.

Shudder’s #Host is currently the best reviewed horror movie of 2020. Moreover, it's the best-reviewed movie of the year currently. It's not a long movie with a runtime of just 57-minute, but it's being hailed as the first great film of the pandemic. The idea, that was conceived in the lockdown, all came from a Whatsapp message when one of the writers sent a message just saying ‘Zoom seance’ to the other writer. Obviously, the medium ends up losing her internet connection early on and things get interesting. Basically, the movie shows a group of six friends who get together on a video conference call and call up spirits with the help of a medium. Host, a found footage' horror movie that takes place on entirely the only way of socializing we have left - a zoom call. And, looks like that's how we got a new truly terrifying horror movie.

Most of us have just been trying to survive the new working conditions during this pandemic, picking up new hobbies in the extra free time, or just trying to relax coming to terms with this new reality.īut, a lot of people have had the time to think outside of the box and get really creative.

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