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Superhost

Superhost

Horror · Thriller · 2021

Two travel vloggers check into a vacation rental with a host that will do anything for a good review.

Movie details

Superhost

“Don’t forget to like and survive.”

2021 Horror · Thriller 1h 23m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

Two travel vloggers check into a vacation rental with a host that will do anything for a good review.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Superhost?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.

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The Shed

The Shed

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Siren

Siren

Horror · 2016

A bachelor party becomes a savage fight for survival when the groomsmen unwittingly unleash a fabled predator upon the festivities.

The Baby

The Baby

Horror · 1973

A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaper-clad, bottle-sucking baby. The problem is, the baby is twenty-one years old.

Silent Zone

Silent Zone

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In a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.

Eradication

Eradication

Horror · 2022

When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.

The Invitation

The Invitation

Thriller · 2016

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

Night Watch

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Basilisk: The Serpent King

Basilisk: The Serpent King

Action · 2006

Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by modern archaeologist Harrison 'Harry' McColl's expedition. Despite a cryptic warning from tribal locals, everything goes to his Colorado university's museum. It's all exhibited during another eclipse, which leads to the monster reviving. Harry and some of his friends must try to petrify the monster again.

Twisted Nerve

Twisted Nerve

Thriller · 1968

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Brandon Christensen

Written by

Brandon Christensen

Sara Canning

Sara Canning

Claire

Osric Chau

Osric Chau

Teddy

Gracie Gillam

Gracie Gillam

Rebecca

Barbara Crampton

Barbara Crampton

Vera

J

Jeff Butcher

Lou

Court is in session

Put Superhost on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.