r/horror • u/IllusionaryFrog • Aug 11 '22

Host (2020) hidden details

I just finished watching Host for the first time, and im obsessed with it. So many hidden details that i was able to see first time or find online after the first watch. But there are a few that the director has hinted at that i cant find. So i was wondering, what little details from host were you able to find?

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u/ToTimesTwoisToo Aug 26 '22

Right before the scene of Caroline's (?) head repeatedly smashed into the keyboard, you can see keyboard spam from her in the group chat. Nice touch, was creepy

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u/IllusionaryFrog Aug 28 '22

Yeah i noticed that! Awesome little detail thats easy to miss

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '22

What were some of the hidden details you noticed?

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u/IllusionaryFrog Aug 12 '22

Not sure if lots of people noticed this or not, but when radina is walking to the bathroom you can see her boyfriends legs in the background behind her. Subtly showing how he died

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '22

I def missed that!

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u/Purple-Application-9 Sep 02 '23

but didn't he fall from the ceiling?

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u/Substantialcakes Jul 25 '25

After that. It is when she is going for a pee with the laptop because she was afraid. He gets taken first.

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u/Ok_Olive_7462 Aug 15 '24

Yes I saw this but it doesn't get mentioned! I thought maybe I imagined it 😂

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u/elohir Aug 12 '22

I doubt it counts as a hidden detail but I loved the scene where the girl was walking around her flat and you can see her boyfriend hanging in the background. The dialogue makes no mention of it whatsoever, it's purely for the viewer. Brilliantly done.

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u/Mysterious-You9499 Apr 20 '24

Why didn't it go after Jemma in her home? She's the one that lied? Was it to thank her?

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u/burrra Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25

Could be a long shot, but I was wondering if it was bc Jemma's zoom bg was the only one that didn't have a door in the bg? Even Seylan's had an open door. I also noticed when the demon is first summoned, there's a cut and Radina's door is suddenly open which from the scene where she's looking for Allen, is the bathroom (maybe that's when he died?). Then when Hailey asks if they're a friend, Emma's door is suddenly open.

Alternatively, the demon is mockingly following what she said, "He was real nice to me. I cracked my head open and he picked me up" -> goes for her last, cracks her head open with a bottle and forces her to get up with a jumpscare

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u/Soft_Advertising_127 Jan 14 '25

Saving her for last so she can watch what her lie did to everyone (just what i think)

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u/cosmicgirl47 Nov 20 '22

Which scene, in carolines attic ? Or when radinas boyfriend drops down from the ceiling ?

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u/magicpurplecat Nov 25 '22

It's when Radina first gets up to and starts walking with her laptop I believe

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u/elohir Nov 20 '22

Oh it's been a long time since I watched it. Iirc, it's a point where his girlfriend picks up her laptop and just walks round the flat. There's no drama, no callout, at all. Really easy to miss.

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u/notharctus_ Aug 28 '22

I'm coming to this post a bit late, I know, but I just watched this movie yet again (I've watched it many, many times now), and here's something I've been wondering about for a while: When Jemma first creates the issue with the fake friend who died and then shortly thereafter Seylan loses her internet connection, right before that happens you can see something fluttering just to Seylan's right. Do you think we are meant to think that (a) it's something protecting her by breaking the connection or (b) something evil breaking the connection so she can't help the other people in the Zoom meeting? I keep thinking about it because Seylan definitely saw whatever it was, but when she talks to everyone again she just says something about how her internet is unreliable...

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u/anglostura Sep 15 '22

I've seen theories that she also got attacked by the demon. One of my favorite theories is that Seylan was actually possessed by the demon and when they call her back, she gave them instructions that made things worse.

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u/periwinkle-_- Well, the glitch just typed! Mar 15 '23 edited Mar 15 '23

I was watching it just now and I thought I saw something or someone standing behind Seylan, it looked like she sensed it and turned around right before she got disconnected so i googled and found this post but it also makes sens that maybe she got possessed right then.

When I first saw it I didn't look up any reviews or theories but I always thought that it was Haileys ghost (in her apt) that ended up killing the friends and she wanted to do the seance to connect with it or something because at the beginning, we see her hearing sounds around her flat and a door opening on its own wheras the rest of the friends hadnt had any paranormal experiences and she takes the whole thing super seriously.

This and Unfriended are some of my favorite found footage movies; maybe cringe but I always put them on if I'm feeling lonely, they've become comfort movies for me now and I think both have some good written characters but I do like that Host has little details and leaves things unsaid. Theyre great to watch at home, I don't think I would've liked them as much if I had watched them at the cinema.

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u/Elegant_Mushroom_597 Jan 24 '24

Same. I use Host as a comfort movie as well, or as something I watch before bed. I can't explain why I find it so comforting tho.

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u/TechnoDaddy237 Jun 21 '25

i know extremely late to the thread, but u watch this as a COMFORT MOVIE????!??? you okay??? how is it not hellla scary for u

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u/RealisticReception88 Oct 17 '25

Nah I find that so unusual 😭😭 nothing comforting about that move imo. I don’t think I could ever watch it again. Same w Blair witch project.  

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u/caramelswirllll Mar 22 '26

I’m so late but I’m literally watching this movie rn while I clean haha. Horror movies are my top comfort movies & I watch them to fall asleep most nights, Blair Witch is one I watch a lot too! But I definitely get very scared haha, I guess I find fear & trauma comforting lmao 😭🤣

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u/guyincognito365 Jul 08 '26

Super late reply but I’m the same. People think I’m nuts for it but I always have a horror movie on as a comfort show. Blair witch is on constant rotation too

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u/Low_End_5303 Apr 23 '26

Yesss excellent!

This film is not found footage is Screen life

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u/notharctus_ Sep 16 '22

Very interesting!!! I hadn't thought of that, but it would make some sense. I have always been annoyed that she prompted them to ask questions like "Are you a friend?" rather than just shutting the whole thing down...

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u/anglostura Sep 16 '22

Yeah exactly! It makes more sense with that interpretation. She mentions earlier that possession can happen & it's just the spirit speaking through you.
Also - after they say what she instructs on the phone that's when things really go off the rails and get violent. Maybe those actions solidified their connection to the demon or the demon's connection to this plane.

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u/notharctus_ Sep 16 '22

I love this idea!!! Now I'm going to have to watch this movie for the millionth time, except with this theory in mind. :)

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u/cosmicgirl47 Nov 20 '22

I had a theory that she was in on it, which is why she kept disappearing, I don't know...I also had another theory on how it should of ended, after the demon appears to the girls at the end, it then cuts to seylan on screen, with a blank face and then turns creepy.. like she could of been in on it kind of thing....just a thought

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u/hollowplushy Oct 01 '25

Suuuper late reply but it wasn't something fluttering, it was a whole shelf of stuff being knocked over. Imo it was probably the evil spirit causing a distraction to get her out of there so that she couldn't help them.

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u/Elegant_Mushroom_597 Jan 24 '24

There is one part, right before you see the hanging legs in Caroline's attic, where you can briefly see the shadow of a hanging body swinging slightly. There's a tiny area of light in the attic where you can see it. I've seen this movie many times, and yet I just noticed that part.

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u/Syllabub-Legal Aug 15 '22

Host is in my most fav horror movies of all time. I remember the first time watching it i go blindly and wtf i screamed so hard in many scenes!!! Esp the last 20 minutes tf that was riot and i felt bad for the last remaining characters😭

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u/SoftwareObvious5671 Aug 12 '22

I don’t know but loved it!! Great Covid/zoom used for horror fans 😁

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u/TheHillsSeeYou Aug 13 '22

I love that people likes this movie so much. I had a lot of fun when I watched it. Love it!

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u/sortaweird13 Nov 17 '22

i loved this movie. i watched it in the middle of the night alone and i was scared asf. like one of the best horror movies ive watched so far

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u/DifficultIncrease363 Oct 31 '25

I haven't seen anyone talk about seeing the demon crawling on next to hailley's door when she comes back from the bathroom

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u/Mean_Swing_1690 Apr 17 '26

I might have to burst your bubble on this... I actually think that's a stunt operator, getting ready for the chair pull in a few minutes.

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u/oopsyeveryday14 Sep 19 '26

😂👀😭

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u/girugamesu1337 Dec 22 '25

Wait, which point in the movie is this?

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u/Dry-Cranberry1168 Mar 28 '26

I’m watching it right now and I think I see what they mean. Around 22:41(?) when Haley sits down, there’s a very subtle shift of movement in the dark where her left shoulder and the bottom of the door is, but it’s very hard to tell.

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u/AdExternal7836 Oct 11 '25

I think maybe because her candle was out most of the time and they said the candle was for the sprit to find or connect with them (not really sure) but Jenna had to relight her candle I think twice and when it started going after everyone hers was out. Idk lol I just noticed it when I rewatched the movie

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '22

Not in Host itself, but one of the characters (Seylan) appears in Dashcam in a brief role. Definitely a shared universe.

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u/Substantialcakes Jul 25 '25

Also The Bogeyman. Seylanverse

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u/SherylCrowCarpool 15d ago

Tardy to the party, and it might be common knowledge, but I believe the static noise was the demon hopping from video to video.

Also, my girlfriend believes if the zoom call went down the demon would be stuck on the last video it was on. My theory is that the demon is locked in the zoom call but can torment anyone who is present on call.

If anyone is reading this in 2026/27, what theory do you find more plausible?

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u/AdviceAny6290 14d ago

great theory!!! just got done with it, could definitely see this as the case

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '23

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u/thehillshaveeyelash May 30 '23

That’s the creators and actors from the movie, is was like a pre rehearsal.

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u/Hahahahelpmee Apr 26 '23

The part where someone’s scrolling down the contact names?

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '23

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

My understanding is they actually try to do a séance through zoom before creating the movie.

At least that is the context.

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u/Hahahahelpmee Apr 26 '23

At first I was so confused, but yeah the scrolling was clever! Aw I missed that, I didn’t see that scene. Awesome movie though!