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The Rental

HorrorThriller

Directed by Dave Franco

Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister. From TMDB

46 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon) · newest Oct 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 13, 2026 · How this works

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The Rental is a 2020 horror thriller film, directed by Dave Franco, starring Dan Stevens, Alison Brie and Sheila Vand.

  • 40 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon
  • posts span Aug 8, 2020 to Oct 4, 2026

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  • Elise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2025

    The Rental Family featuring Brendan Fraser was so delightful and emotional, I loved it! Even better, our entire movie theater erupted in cheers when Fraser’s character tells someone he’s from Minnesota

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  • Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2026

    Horror movies this month: October 1: Halloween III (sublime) October 2: Infirmary (not...good) October 3: The Rental (great) Today's random horror film is...Of Unknown Origin (1983), directed by George Cosmatos, Panos Cosmatos's dad. Peter Weller vs. Giant Rat, and it is AWESOME.

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  • Barkeromo!!! @barkeromo.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2026

    That's why VHS Tapes were 80 plus bucks (blanks being 30) and what saved the format was the Rental Store. What studios want, is the Disney model. Create movie, release, put in vault for 10 years, release, repeat as many times to reap in cash.

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  • stevek.bsky.social @stevek.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2025

    #LastFourWatched filling out two big gap in my horror watching also there's The Rental, a prime example of a movie dropping the ball hard in the final act

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  • Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Horror movies this month: October 1: Halloween III (sublime) October 2: Infirmary (not...good) Today: Random shuffle brings up...The Rental (a good 'un) This is the tough part when you see every significant fucking horror film that comes down the pike. Not many surprises left.

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  • Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2024

    The second film I saw last night was The Rental (2020), an AirBnB horror movie. It's a stressful watch because the characters are all bad people and their dynamic is cringe. The stress escalates because this is a horror movie, obviously. The final reveal could've been executed better

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  • Tess @teetertottertesser.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2025

    When I watched The Rental I just concluded that Franco doesn't really like or understand slashers and just figured he'd make a buck from horror audiences. Now I think he's a full on talentless, predatory hack without a single idea of his own. The same final needle drop? Are you kidding me?

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  • Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.appBluesky · Dec 1, 2025

    Just watched that movie The Rental with my boyfriend and HOLY. GOD. That shit was terrifying. I dont scare easy. But shit.

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  • Rock @ricosblues.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 30, 2025

    I don’t hate THE RENTAL so hoping this is good. I miss seeing Alison Brie in things regularly. The last movie of hers I saw was that awful Pierre Morel movie FREELANCE.

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  • jing☆ミ @wiselykamelot.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2025

    AM*ZON FUCKING TIMED OUT THE FILM BC THE RENTAL WAS OVER B*ZOS WHEN I GET YOU.....

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  • Kayla Hart @straycunt.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2026

    I loved the Rental Family movie. Sure to sweep the Sad Mom Eating The Whole Tub of Ice Cream Awards aka The Weepies.

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  • Sam 🎃 @jamanthalopez.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2025

    Tonight’s prompt was the perfect excuse to watch my fourth Dan Stevens movie in less than 3 weeks 😅😍 @nofspodcast.bsky.social #31dayhorrorchallenge (The Rental, 2020)

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  • B-Squared @fourdastreets.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2025

    This was a pretty damn good romantic drama! Only problem with that is this is actually supposed to be a horror movie. 😕 Still a decent flick overall, and a good directorial debut for Dave Franco. My ★★½ review of The Rental (AMC+) #filmsky #horrorsky

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  • Dení 💜 @deniisaflor.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2025

    Unhinged pop culture thoughts I had this week: • I want to sleep in Jungkook's abs just once in my life • Brendan Fraser has always been FOINEEE and I'm not ashamed to admit that I had a situationship with a guy at work just bc he faintly looked similar, can't wait for the Rental Family movie

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  • LaDawn 🤫 @wandaladawn.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    🥴 I saw this movie called "The Rental" in 2020, so it's a NO on AirBnb for me!!! 🤭🤦🏽‍♀️🎯

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  • 🦇👻🎃April🎃👻🦇 @squooshiebunny.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2025

    Day 3: AirBNB of Horrors The Rental (2020) Running a day behind. Oh well 😁🤷‍♀️ #31DayHorrorChallenge #NOFSPodcast.com/Halloween

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  • Annalee @amourelectrique.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    #31DayHorrorChallenge 2025 🎃 Day 3. AirBNB of Horrors 🗝️
Vacation rentals gone very, very wrong.
 The Rental (2020) #horrorsky #horrorfam #filmsky

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  • Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2025

    Coming to the movies is so dangerous for the next few months because I weep every time they show the Rental Family trailer and that movie doesn’t even come out until late November and it’s going to kill me probably

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  • Matthew | Hyper @hyp3rstrike.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 2, 2025

    Horror movie idea: A family moves into a house. That's the ending. The movie is around the Rental Application process.

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  • C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 13, 2025

    Tonight's thriller / #horror movie is THE RENTAL aka Dan Stevens

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  • sid @sidvicious.caBluesky · Jun 10, 2026

    tonight im gonna try and watch some horror movies i think maybe The Rental or Keeper im in a scary cabin movie mood

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  • Betty (memory problems) @bettymemoryprobs.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2026

    Name 10 movies you've seen on the big screen Schindler's List Mercy The Rental Family The Pianist Cloud Atlas Close Encounters The Matrix A Clockwork Orange Rocky Horror Dog If you can only watch one movie, I highly recommend "Dog." It has a serious topic but is safe. 🎥 -E #FilmSky

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  • B|\NGER @bangerrr.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2026

    Shoot, I got it mixed up with a different movie, The Rental. I haven’t watched The Lodge.

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  • Ziggy ✨ @ferrethandjobs.comBluesky · Nov 30, 2025

    I did NOT expect the Rental Family movie to be THAT good. 🤯

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  • Preferred Rob @nockergeek.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2024

    #HorrorAlphabet film 18: The Rental (2020). Two couples rent an AirBnB together and discover that they are being watched. The cast is small, but the characters are well-developed (if not always likable), and the filmmaking is really sharp. Not the scariest, but a decent take on very modern horror.

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  • Lots42 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 @lots42.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2024

    The Rental is a horror movie that has an AirBnB is bad theme running through it.

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  • Lots42 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 @lots42.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    The fictional horror movie called The Rental had bad things happen. Mostly off screen. Fictional bad things with no exploitative gore. An aspect of horror movies I prefer.

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 30, 2026

    The (movie) The Rental (HD/HDX) (Vudu) (US) for $9.99 Cast: Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White, Sheila Vand, Toby Huss, Anthony Molinari Genre: (Horror) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_rental...

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  • Pissf****t @sharknadoalex.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2026

    Tuesday Movie tonight is The Rental and already in thrown off cuz Jer*my All*n Wh*te just showed up

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  • Madeleine E. Robins @madrobins.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2025

    The Rental Family is just a delightful film. Very few laugh-out-loud moments, but so much thoughtful humor. Brendan Fraser is wonderful, but so is Akira Emoto, as an elderly actor, and Shannon Marina Gorman, as a schoolgirl whose father Fraser pretends to be. No explosions, just kindness and wit.

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  • Vasuri 🧐 @vasuri.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 13, 2025

    Movie of the Day: 4 Dead Girls: The Soul Taker (2012) * Originally titled The Rental, this film premiered at the Action On Film International Film Festival in the US on August 18, 2012. * This was the directorial debut of a feature for Mike Campbell and Todd Johnson, both of whom also wrote it.

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  • slowpoke razriguez @slwpkrazriguez.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 29, 2025

    I like their work together. He wrote and directed a neat little horror movie called The Rental that she starred in.

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  • Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.comBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    [31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 2 - THE RENTAL. This Airbnb horror tale comes from the minds of Dave Franco & Joe Swanberg, with Franco making his feature directorial debut. This film swaps the usual horror tension building with the permeating tension created from human dysfunction.

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  • Karli Lawson @karliray.bsky.socialBluesky · May 11, 2026

    2026 movie watches and rewatches Movie #229 The Rental Synopsis: Two couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend get-away. Rewatch My Rating: 4.5/5

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  • Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyBluesky · Jan 16, 2026

    Funeral Choir from the Rental Family soundtrack is sublime. As are several other tracks from the soundtrack. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/funeral-choir/1852629606?i=1852629621 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3v7srOlkGd9S1D67A28rqu #Film #RentalFamily #Music

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  • Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.infoBluesky · Jan 13, 2026

    The Rental Family film is showing from Friday at my local @omniplexcinemas.bsky.social And it’s in my favourite Friday afternoon slot. Aces. #Film #Movies #RentalFamily

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  • Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyBluesky · Jan 13, 2026

    The Rental Family film is showing from Friday at my local Omniplex. And it’s in my favourite Friday afternoon slot. Aces. #Film #Movies #RentalFamily

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  • Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gyBluesky · Jan 10, 2026

    We saw The Rental Family yesterday at Cinema Nova. Enjoyable film in which Brendan Fraser plays an American living In Tokyo who works for an agency which hires out actors to fulfill often awkward emotional requests (eg he has to prentend to be the long-absent dad […] [Original post on aus.social]

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2025

    The (movie) The Rental (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(US) for $4.99 Cast: Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White, Sheila Vand, Toby Huss, Anthony Molinari Genre: (Horror) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_rental...

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  • Gary Hill (Scary Gary) @scarygarygaryhill.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2025

    The Spooky Review from Spooky Ventures for this week is my look at a DVD release of a film called "The Rental." www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdHy...

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2025

    The (movie) Lot 24 The Rental (HD/HDX) (SD) is available today on (Vudu) (US) for $7.99 Genre: (Thriller)

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  • brandon 🇨🇦 @brandonio.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2024

    Netflix is the place to go to for all the shitty horror one could ever need. All they release is that stuff basically. There’s Someone Inside Your House, and any movie that’s two words and starts with The ______, like The Dare, The Unholy, The Rental, The Babysitter (great movie), etc.

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  • jp @jprrMastodon · Nov 15, 2023

    Sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes they happen to horrible people like the characters in The Rental; this is the rare horror film where identifying with the killer isn’t all that morally reprehensible. #TheRental #MovieReview #Horror #Film https://ninetypercentcrapmoviereviews.wordpress.com/2023/04/05/the-rental/

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  • jp @jprrMastodon · Apr 5, 2023

    Sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes they happen to horrible people like the characters in The Rental; this is the rare horror film where identifying with the killer isn’t all that morally reprehensible. #TheRental #MovieReview #Horror #Thriller #AlisonBrie #DaveFranco https://ninetypercentcrapmoviereviews.wordpress.com/2023/04/05/the-rental/

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  • tmdb28039023 @tmdb28039023TMDB reviews · Aug 25, 2022

    Sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes they happen to horrible people, like the characters in The Rental – the rare horror film where identifying with the killer isn't morally reprehensible. Charlie (Dan Stevens), his wife Michelle (Alison Brie), Charlie's brother Josh (Jeremy Allen White), and Josh's girlfriend Mina (Sheila Vand ), decide to rent a beachfront house for a weekend getaway. Charlie, Michelle and Mina are successful professionals; Josh is dumber than a rock. How…

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  • Manuel São Bento @msbreviewsTMDB reviews · Aug 8, 2020

    If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com The Rental is Dave Franco’s debut as both director and screenwriter of a feature film. Making a successful horror movie was never an easy task, but I believe it’s even harder nowadays. This genre has evolved in so many ways by delving into distinct subgenres and helping new directors deliver brilliant horror stories. Of course, every year has dozens of awful horror films, and most of the “Worst…

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