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Hosts

  • 2020
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
2.7K
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Nadia Lamin in Hosts (2020)
A family fall victim to a series of violent murders when they invite their neighbours over for Xmas dinner.
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A family invite their neighbours over for Christmas dinner with disastrous consequences.A family invite their neighbours over for Christmas dinner with disastrous consequences.A family invite their neighbours over for Christmas dinner with disastrous consequences.

  • Directors
    • Adam Leader
    • Richard Oakes
  • Writers
    • Adam Leader
    • Richard Oakes
  • Stars
    • Neal Ward
    • Frank Jakeman
    • Samantha Loxley
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
    2.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Adam Leader
      • Richard Oakes
    • Writers
      • Adam Leader
      • Richard Oakes
    • Stars
      • Neal Ward
      • Frank Jakeman
      • Samantha Loxley
    • 89User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Neal Ward
    • Jack
    Frank Jakeman
    • Michael
    Samantha Loxley
    • Lucy
    Jennifer K Preston
    Jennifer K Preston
    • Cassie
    • (as Jennifer Preston)
    Lee Hunter
    Lee Hunter
    • Eric
    Nadia Lamin
    Nadia Lamin
    • Lauren
    Buddy Skelton
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    • Ben
    Adam Leader
    • Matt
    Sandra Howard-Williams
    • News Anchor
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    Shaun Hodson
    • Outsider 1
    Benjamin Symons
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    • Outsider 2
    Andrew Gough
    • Outsider 3
    Sarah Neighbour
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    John Neighbour
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    • Directors
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      • Richard Oakes
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      • Richard Oakes
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    4pooyashahryar

    Poor scenario

    Poor scenario and also too much cliche acts from actors, not interested
    4youngcollind

    Middle of the road indie bloodbath

    Noticeably low budget from the get go, but it kept things simple to not overreach it's means. There is a great build up to the first kill that had me literally laughing out loud, so kudos on that. Afterwards, things fall into a pretty banal "run-kill-repeat" rhythm that offers some run of the mill violence, but little else. Some of the dialogue is a bit cheesy, and there aren't many surprises, but it's all fairly acceptable by b-movie standards, just don't ask too much of it. Truth be told, it took me three tries to make it to the end as I kept falling asleep, but I did keep putting it on pretty late, so that one might be on me.
    3babysweetstones

    Half baked

    Truly unbelievable and bizarre character choices throughout the film. Acting that could end careers. And an underdeveloped idea that ultimately goes nowhere.
    3moray-jones

    Fundamental disconnect between some reviews and what I saw

    There has definitely been a major marketing push to make this film out to be something it's not.

    I'm usually happy to take a low budget into account when watching a film and look for what was done well, but there was very little here to appreciate. Read a five star review and then prepare to be disappointed.

    The script was full of waffle and didn't go anywhere - characters stood/sat about giving tedious monolgues supposed to inject meaning.

    The directing was mainly static shots that didn't even allow characters to move - a woman tries to direct her boyfriend (after a massive dialogue that should have been left on the cutting room floor) to lights in the garden whilst rooted to the sofa. A family watch a murder, rooted to their chairs.

    I liked the actors - though they had to squirm for what felt like hours in every scene to show their terror.

    The whole thing should have been done as a short. There's nothing original about the film and there was not enough story to make a film of this length. And not enough money to make it look even that half-decent.

    Then the money could have been spent on some polish and the writer would have been forced to consider what the point of the whole thing was.

    So bad it's bad!
    3Jester222

    Great trailer poor film. TERRIBLE SCRIPT.

    Trailer was great. Really well put together. Shame it's no reflection of the final film. So thumbs up to whoever edited that.

    For a film of this budget the acting was good. Some over acting in places but seen far far worse.

    What spoilt it the most gor me was the completely unrealistic way people acted to certain scenarios. Which was often unintentionally hilarious, how could these people not react to how someone is behaving!? Fail. Because of this a supposed 'shocking' scene was hugely diluted and became more of a "meh" moment. (Especially with the over the top drama before it happened......intended to make us feel joy and empathy. Again. Failed. The script was quite frankly rubbish and nonsensical. Explained nothing and left you feeling unsatisfied.

    The slow drudge of 40+ minutes before anything actually happened had me occasionaly hovering over the remote and ffwd button.

    Positives. Some of the make up was enjoyable.

    Sadly because of the poor script this film suffers and the hone invasion side plays.....whatever they were!?? It is all a confusing mess.

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    • Quotes

      Jack: [possessed] There's no inheritance for us... we have to take what we can get

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official Amazon Link
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Şeytanın Laneti
    • Filming locations
      • Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Odin's Light
      • Dark Fable Media
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,392
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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