Superhost

Gracie Gillam for the most likeable villain of 2021.

Stand out of the movie, with the great location 2nd place.

A lot like Creep 1&2 but enough of its own flavor to be a delightful watch.

Teddy and Claire were pretty meh, definitely the Rebecca show

worth a watch.

Would love to see a horror movie where the actions of tho protagonists were not totally stupid. The last 20 minutes could not have been dumber.

Movie is fun, fast paced, entertaining, thrilling - very well spent 80 minutes!

Rebecca is an icon. Actress did a perfect job here. She's hilarious! Funny, scary, crazy - makes a perfect combination. In a lot of ways this reminded me of Creep(which I liked).

Now as for the negatives, protagonists are REALLY hard to like, I kept rooting for Rebecca the entire movie. Both of them have horrible flaws and unlikable personalities and it shows.

Would love seeing a prequel/sequel.

I really wish I could give it a higher rate but I feel like something is missing despite not knowing what exactly.. For now let it stay at 6.5/10.

So, I was not expecting this, but Superhost is, in fact, the film from Christensen that I like the least (I really like Z and Still/Born).

The first act works really well, with some interesting modern approach and some good performances (especially Gracie Gillam) are there for all film saving it from being bad. I also applaude all the blood in the end, the ending itself and the courage to show us all of that.

However, I found the major plot twists really predictable, some similarities with other films who did better in creating the tension (Creep and Creep 2, of course) and some stupid decisions which were really distracting.

I just don't get why two people with all the knives they have at home don't decide to fight someone who has just a knife instead of running away?? And then what about all those times that they separated themselves when it's easier to understand that 2 vs 1 is different than two 1 vs 1? I guess these two vloggers didn't watch many horror films.

Overall, Superhost is a decently fun watch. It has good production value and and a standard, fairly formulaic script for a slasher. The killer has some great moments and kudos to the actress for a solid performance.

That said, I've seen toddlers put up more of a fight than the victims in this film. They are literally useless at defending themselves in any coherent fashion, which takes a lot away from the overall suspense. Good for a couple of laughs.