The Rental
The Rental is a 2020 American horror film co-written, produced and directed by Dave Franco, in his feature directorial debut. Franco co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Swanberg from a story by Franco, Swanberg, and Mike Demski. It stars Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, Jeremy Allen White, and Toby Huss, and follows two couples who begin to suspect they are being watched in the house they rented.
Plot
Charlie, his wife Michelle, his brother Josh, and Josh's girlfriend/Charlie's business partner Mina rent a remote house on the Oregon Coast for a weekend getaway. On their arrival at the property, they meet the house's caretaker Taylor, who acts oddly and makes racist remarks toward Mina. After they have settled in, Mina, Josh, and Charlie take MDMA (ecstasy) while Michelle goes to bed. Josh later passes out on the couch, and Mina and Charlie end up kissing in the hot tub and having sex in the shower.
More details
author | Dave Franco Joe Swanberg |
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director | Dave Franco |
editor | Kyle Reiter |
genre | horror thriller |
keywords | attack business partner dead body force hear hidden camera hot tub kill kiss learn living room masked man mdma morning moving on murder on the road ore oregon coast racist remark sleep taking a shower television show texting think weekend getaway |
musicBy | Danny Bensi Saunder Jurriaans |
producer | Ben Stillman Christopher Storer Dave Franco Elizabeth Haggard Joe Swanberg Teddy Schwarzman |
productionCompany | Black Bear Pictures |
publisher | IFC Films STXfilms |
recordedAt | Bandon Portland |
theme | independent psychological horror security and surveillance serial killer spy |