Screenlife horror is more than a ghost in the machine

A feat of socially distanced production-as-story, Rob Savage’s haunted housebound horror is the film for our logged-on moment – but its feelings are scre...

If ever there was a horror movie that exemplified then used the current pandemic lockdown situation to its full advantage, it’s this one. Early on in the l...

★★★★☆ Following its debut on Shudder earlier this year, Rob Savage’s sensational tech-horror hit gets a much-deserved wide release. Conceived, wr...

Rob Savage turns a Zoom prank into a terrifying feature-length debut.

Shudder Original, Host, sees a virtual seance make lockdown even more terrifying

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Rob Savage directs a Zoom-call horror in lockdown for the Shudder streaming service. Read the Empire review.

HOST is a new Shudder horror movie made during quarantine. It's a found footage along the lines of 'Unfriended' and it is brilliant. Full Review >

Innovative tech-powered horror miniature which trades on the hazards of the pandemic lockdown.

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As quarantines shut down the world as we know it, too many took to social media to proclaim this could be a grand opportunity for creativity. "Did you know S...

It’s nice to see that the first horror movie to specifically address our present hellish circumstances is as unpretentious and tidy as Host.