{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F5edf6a7e-8aa4-4bd8-94f2-c0631f7ed7b5","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"DARK DISCUSSIONS PODCAST \u2013 Episode 461 \u2013 THE RENTAL (2020)","description":"\nDave Franco, the younger brother of Mark Franco, has made his directorial debut with the horror/thriller movie, THE RENTAL (2020).\u00a0 With tricks up its sleeve, the movie appears to be many things.\u00a0 What it really seems to be is a mystery as the viewer tries to figure out who or what is the antagonist.\n\n\n\nWhen two brothers and their significant others take a vacation by renting a beautiful home on the cliffs of the Pacific Ocean, they get their interpersonal relationships all messed up when drugs is added to the picture.\u00a0\u00a0 But after two of them discover a secret within the house, their otherwise yuppie lives are turned upside down, and their lives suddenly are in danger.\n\n\n\nThe movie is co-written by Franco and Joe Swanberg, actor of many genre films, and part of the mumblecore group of directors and writers that include Simon Barrett, Ti West, and Adam Wingard.\u00a0 THE RENTAL stars Dave Franco\u2019s wife, Alison Brie, along with Dan Stevens, Sheila Vand, and Jeremy Allen White.\u00a0 Dark Discussions takes a look at this well received genre picture and gives their thoughts.\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b776363e-9b0e-4714-8825-e8b27cbc2495/mast-episode461.jpg"}