Ep. 052: The Rental 2020 — One Year Anniversary Celebration!

Hope you got us flowers and chocolates! Happy one-year anniversary of Horror Movie Weekly, One Badass Horror Podcast… In Episode 052, your three late-night Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead, BillChete, and Lady Phantom celebrate their first year of 52 glorious episodes by holding a Horror Movie Recommendation Contest Giveaway! If you retweet this episode, we will randomly select one winner, who can choose one of the hosts’ recommendations, and we’ll send it to you! Also in this episode, your hosts review BillChete’s pick for this week, The Rental (2020). As part of this episode, you’ll also hear some hard-to-find, older Horror recommendations from the 1980s. And during the review, Jay of the Dead introduces a new term that he describes as “Third-Act Horror Movies.” Join us! Don’t forget to call and leave us a voicemail: (801) 215-9704.

Note: This episode contains mild to moderate spoilers for “The Rental,” and it was recorded on August 2, 2020, released on August 23, 2020.

This show is a weekly horror movie podcast in which your late-night Horror hosts Jay of the Dead, BillChete and Lady Phantom bring you one recent Horror movie review every Sunday. (We’re defining “recent” as any Horror movie released within the last five years.) And we always reveal next week’s pick at the end of every show, so you can watch along with us and be prepared for the following episode. Join us, and thanks for listening!


SHOW NOTES:

Introduction
– Reflecting on our first year of HMW
– One-year celebration contest!

Recommendations from your hosts:
BillChete = Jackals (2017)
Lady Phantom = Dead Silence (2007)
Jay of the Dead = Splinter (2008)
Bonus recommendation by BillChete: Don’t Hang Up (2017)

Ep. 052: Recommendations

— Jay’s podcast on Why The Village Is a Masterpiece
— Jay reviews The Poole and The Rental
— Jay’s story about his mom’s surprise: Pin (1989) on DVD. Thanks, Mom!
— Alligator (1980)
— BillChete’s pick for this week: The Rental (2020)


Note: This review contains mild to moderate spoilers.
[ 00:27:47 ] – The Rental (2020) — Genre Classification: Drama / Thriller / Horror (Jay calls this “a third-act Horror film.”)

IMDb Premise:
Two couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend getaway.

Ratings and Recommendations: The Rental (2020)
Jay of the Dead = 6 ( Rental )
BillChete = 4 ( Avoid )
Lady Phantom = 4 ( Avoid )


Next on Episode 053: Besetment (2017) — Lady Phantom’s pick!

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2019 Horror
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2017 Horror
2016 Horror
2015 Horror
2014 Horror

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— Don’t forget to call and leave us a voicemail: (801) 215-9704

Podcast artwork: Lady Phantom
Original podcast theme music: Jay of the Dead


Links for this episode:

Jay recommends these latest releases on CTC:
CTC: The DVD Infatuation Podcast
Ep. 031: The Rental, The Pool
Ep. 032: Why The Village Is a Masterpiece

— BillChete and Lady Phantom’s latest episodes:
Kong: Skull Island
The Elephant Man
The Wizard of Oz (with Jay of the Dead)
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Listen to the latest Considering the Cinema episodes:
Ep. 030: The Cured with Kyle Bishop

Ep. 029: Into the Void (2020) and Retribution (1987)
Ep. 027: The Lodge (2020) with BillChete and Lady Phantom
Also, check out Ep. 028: Film Challenge: Three Decades of Theatrical Horror (1990 – 2019)

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