NDH27 Rob Savage & Douglas Cox / HOST
Mon Aug 3rd 2020, Director Rob Savage & producer Douglas Cox discussed their Shudder horror feature Host.
Directed by Rob (Dawn of the Deaf), who wrote the script with Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd, and produced by Doug, Host was shot remotely in the actors’ homes during quarantine and adheres to social distancing rules with inventive ways to deliver the scares, stunts and surprises expected from a horror pic.
Host follows six friends who hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargain for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realise they might not survive the night. All the actors operated their own cameras, pulled off their own practical effects and lit their own scenes while Savage directed them remotely.
