Cabin in the woods films, for example, normally benefit from characters being left by themselves in an unfamiliar environment. This specific use of current events creates an all new sense of isolation.
Each of these women are given two choices: stay in their apartment and possibly die or leave their apartment and possibly contract COVID-19. There’s a level of risk that comes with social interactions in a pandemic setting. Haley, Jemma, Emma, Caroline, and Radina are quite literally alone without any means of finding comfort in a neighbor, friend, or family member. Despite the few films in the webcam found footage realm, they have yet to receive the recognition for creating genuine frights, but Host changed that. In 2018, its sequel Unfriended: Dark Webreleased and was fairly successful despite its convoluted themes that were lost as the film progressed. The film received generally mixed reviews but it remained a refreshing new take on found footage films that were starting to become predictable and stale. When Unfriended released in 2014, the subgenre implemented a new means of portraying the horrific events that unfold while a webcam records it. Paranormal found footage films gained immense popularity with franchises such as Paranormal Activity.
While found footage films have by and large lost their ability to frighten audiences, this all too familiar platform mixed with the presence of COVID-19 in the film makes for an all new fear factor and a scarier movie. Director Rob Savage’s latest horror film, Host, premiered exclusively on Shudder, and features an imperative means of communication during the current global pandemic, Zoom.
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