Film Review - Superhost (2021)

When a pair of travel vloggers finally manage to book into a highly sought-after bed & breakfast destination at a beautiful house that remains in demand for months ahead, these social media travellers have no idea they are about to embark on a short-stay holiday from hell.

Claire (Sara Canning) and Teddy (Osric Chau) are a frivolous couple on screen for their social media personalities, but something has been missing in their real romantic life so Teddy is hoping to propose with hope to halt all negativity between them.

s on the Vlog are down and suspension imminent, but they believe this well-known crazy popular B&B will change all that bringing them back to the influencer stratosphere.

On arrival things begin harshly being locked out as the keys don’t open the door, things are only going to escalate not that these two know it just yet.

Zany house owner, host, Rebecca (the amazing Gracie Gillam, of Vampire Diaries) spontaneously appears wide eyed and weirdly, excessively smiling a little too much towards her guests, letting them in.

After an unusual first night causing insomnia, Rebecca returns, seemingly harmless although secretly maniacal as not all is as it seems for this superhost. Gracie is superlative;

stealing the movie, perfectly over-the-top nutty, unbeknown at first by Claire and Teddy, she has a major vicious streak with ulterior motives.

Genre cinematic icon, Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next) has a cameo as Vera, a disgruntled business owner ruined by bad reviews the vloggers gave her establishment.

Vera stalked them to the B&B hoping to inflict revenge.

Not found-footage exactly, more a skewering social media to the extremes. Writer, director Brandon Christensen has a winner perfect for Shudder viewers.

Horror comedy mystery at its best, an imioned script has time to focus on story and characters almost, I’m saying almost; totally blood-free until a pivotal confrontation towards the closing stanza.