Screen-based horror is nothing new both of the Unfriended films have received quite the critical reappraisal, and Aneesh Chaganty’s Searching is a riveting multi-media thriller set entirely against a MacBook screen. If Rob Savage’s Host, the latest original from Shudder, is an indicator of the caliber of work we’re going to get, I welcome it. Now that the COVID-19 pandemic is stretching on into what is for many their fifth or sixth month, we’re finally seeing the kind of art that people are creating.

But it’s also stifling, an awkward sea of muted mics, interrupting cats and relatives, the unceasing gaze of your own face looking back at you. For many of us, it’s our window into the outside world - we can finally talk to the friends and loved ones we can no longer see for fear of exposing each other to a deadly virus. This all sounds rather emotional, no? I'll admit that it's not my cup of tea.In the world that coronavirus has created, Zoom can feel like heaven and hell. The drama focuses on a retired sheriff and his wife, who find themselves grieving over the death of their son, and set out to find their only grandson. Thomas Bezucha's Let Him Go is also making its Blu-ray debut this week, which stars Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, and Kayli Carter. I've yet to watch Archenemy for myself, but I must say that trailers have it looking pretty cool. No one believes his stories except for a local teen named Hamster. In the film, starring Joe Manganiello, Jessica Allain, Luis Kelly-Durante, and Mac Brandt, Max Fist (Manganiello) claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to earth, where he has no powers. If you're not in the mood for horror, maybe try Adam Egypt Mortimer's Archenemy on for size. I mean, have you seen Hereditary or Midsommar? How about The Lodge or Suspiria? Directed and co-written by Rob Savage, with Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepard, Host reveals what happens when six friends hire a medium to hold a seance via Zoom during the lockdown, but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong.īAFTA Breakthroughs include Censor director Prano Bailey-Bond, In the Earth’s Ellora Torchia This week sees the physical release of Shudder's Host, which is, according to Dread Central, 'The scariest film of the past decade.' That's a bold claim indeed. It's that time again, folks! The time when we alert you to some of the newest Blu-Rays to hit shelves and online retailers.

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