“Host:” Quarantine Horror for the Online Generation (Review)
Shudder’s Host (not a particularly original title, I must say) attempts to bring the spooks to “the quarantine generation” by presenting us with a scary Zoom call during lockdown.
Bilal Gantian
Azad has a habit of coming home late because he spends his time with his hobby of playing music at a studio. This habit worries his adoptive mother, Aishah. On his way home, Azad nearly hits Pak Habib, who is crossing the road to recite the call to prayer at a nearby mosque. Azad helps escort Pak Habib to the village mosque. During the journey, Azad shares his family story with Pak Habib, and Pak Habib also enjoys telling him about his background. Azad's late father passed away in Mecca 10 years ago. Pak Habib explains that he has just returned to the village after wandering for 15 years. He came back because he wanted to settle the sale of his abandoned cottage and garden land. Because his headache is getting worse, he asks Azad to replace him in reciting the call to prayer. Azad recites the dawn call to prayer, shocking the village chief and the mosque committee members. After prayers, Pak Habib mysteriously disappears. Who is Pak Habib? What happened to Pak Habib?
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Azad has a habit of coming home late because he spends his time with his hobby of playing music at a studio. This habit worries his adoptive mother, Aishah. On his way home, Azad nearly hits Pak Habib, who is crossing the road to recite the call to prayer at a nearby mosque. Azad helps escort Pak Habib to the village mosque. During the journey, Azad shares his family story with Pak Habib, and Pak Habib also enjoys telling him about his background. Azad's late father passed away in Mecca 10 years ago. Pak Habib explains that he has just returned to the village after wandering for 15 years. He came back because he wanted to settle the sale of his abandoned cottage and garden land. Because his headache is getting worse, he asks Azad to replace him in reciting the call to prayer. Azad recites the dawn call to prayer, shocking the village chief and the mosque committee members. After prayers, Pak Habib mysteriously disappears. Who is Pak Habib? What happened to Pak Habib?
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