The Perfect Host


The Perfect Host 2010 is an American black comedypsychological thriller film written and directed by Nick Tomnay, a remake of Tomnays short film The Host 2001. The film stars David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford. Filming took place in Los Angeles, California, over seventeen days.

When he comes to, John is tied to a chair, and the party is in swingbut all the guests Warwick is interacting with are figments of Warwicks imagination. Warwick takes a Polaroid of John and reveals a scrapbook of his past dinner parties, each with a murder victim and a timeline of things Warwick is going to do to him. As the night wears on, John is further terrorized, drugged, and incapacitated, learning various things about Warwicks strange lifestyle. A neighbour of Warwicks whom John also tried to trick into letting him into their house earlier hears John moaning and goes over to investigate. Warwick is able to trick her into leaving, blaming a drunk dinner guest for the noise. John also discovers that Julia is yet another figment of Warwicks imagination when he sees Warwick writing a postcard to himself from Julia.Later, John and Warwick play chess, with the prize being Johns freedom John, who is an excellent player, wins. Warwick lets John go as agreed but taunts him before he can leave, calling him worthless and secondary. John takes the tant on display in Warwicks living room and stabs him with it, but it proves to be a collapsible prop knife, and so Warwick knocks John out. When he regains consciousness again, they are in Warwicks bathroom, and Warwick seemingly slits Johns throat. ........

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