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The Rental (2020)

★ 5.6 · 986 ratings on TMDB

Secluded getaway. Killer views.

The Rental poster★ 5.6

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.

DirectorDave Franco
CastAlison Brie, Anthony Molinari, Chase Barker, Connie Wellman, Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White
GenresHorror, Thriller
The emergence reading

The Rental keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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