This is something I regularly do on a video call with friends if someone is particularly louder than the others. Unlike other horror films where you have to reach for a remote to play with the volume, I found myself fiddling with the volume rocker on the top of the tablet too. Quite regularly, I even found myself looking around the software on screen to see where my little head was, as if I were on the video call myself. This time, the two things had converged, and I’m not ashamed to admit that it made the horror playing out on the screen far more immersive and effective. Throughout the film’s 57-minute run time, I kept being absorbed by the fact I was watching these Zoom calls play out on the device I regularly use for video calling friends and family.
My Galaxy Tab S7 Plus has been a staple device in my life throughout the pandemic whether that has been watching films or using video calling apps to connect with people in my life. That's a large screen for a tablet - and the resolution is fantastic at 1752 x 2800 - but it's also significantly smaller than my TV. With my housemate enjoying video games in our living room on our TV, I took to my Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Plus and its 12.4-inch Super AMOLED display to watch Host. It specifically uses Zoom - software that many of us have had to wrangle with over the course of 2020 - and the film was specifically made and set within the pandemic to ensure it feels more real. After over six months of regularly using video calling software to speak to colleagues around the world and various calls with friends and family, Host has more impact than it would have had it released in 2019.
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