At the start of the pandemic, an indulgent and self-deluded livestreaming improv musician abandons L.A. for London, steals her ex-bandmate's car, and makes the fateful decision to give a ride to an elderly woman who is not what she seems.
Direction
Rob Savage squeezes genuine dread from a phone screen.
Acting
Annie Hardy plays herself, somehow worse than you'd expect.
Director
Rob Savage
Annie Hardy
Annie Hardy
Amar Chadha-Patel
Stretch
Seylan Baxter
Seylan
James Swanton
The Parasite
Caroline Ward
The Bride
Jemma Moore
Gemma
Mogali Masuku
Angela's Mother
Haley Bishop
Airport Announcer (voice)
Emma Louise Webb
Flight Attendant
Radina Drandova
Emergency Responder
Faith Kiggundu
Young Angela
Edward Linard
The Groom
Joshua Higgott
Restaurant Manager
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rob Savage made this immediately after Host (2020), pivoting from Zoom horror to 'streamer horror'—a subgenre that aged like milk and wine simultaneously.
The practical effects for 'The Parasite' were performed by a contortionist in reverse, then played backward—giving that wrong, boneless movement without CGI.
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