Monster Mash Watch Party: 'The Host'

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Directed by Bong Joon-ho, winner of the 2020 Oscar for Best Picture, The Host is the slippery tale of a gigantic amphibian monster emerging from Seoul’s Han River. As the story goes, an American military sergeant orders his assistant to dump 200 bottles of formaldehyde down a drain which flows into the waters of the Han River.  Six years later a giant, slippery, slimy monster starts to attack the local communities, causing destruction, havoc and terror! The creature kidnaps the local shop-owner’s daughter and in the attempt to rescue her it is revealed that the monster is also the host of a deadly unknow virus!! 

Winner of the Best Film in The Asian Film Awards and The Blue Dragon Awards, The Host, is widely regarded as the best monster film of the 21st century. So strap yourself in for a wild ride with live running commentary by former critic of SBS’s The Movie Show, Jay Katz! You can also participate in the live discussion with Jay, through the 'live chat' function - so get all your weird and wacky Halloween movie monster questions ready, it's going to be a spooky night! 

Jaimie Leonarder (SBS Movie Show, Documentary subject of "Love And Anarchy") aka Jay Katz is co- curator of the Mu-Meson Archives (repository of film, literature and vinyl) and co -host of the Naked World podcast. For well over 3 decades along with his wife Aspasia has provided Sydney with a plethora of alternatives to mainstream culture. Organising events of an experimental nature that range from the fringes of film, music and philosophy. 

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