Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Rent-a-pal / IFC Midnight presents ; a Pretty People Pictures production ; producers, Annie Elizabeth Baker, Jimmy Weber, Jon Stevenson, Brian Landis Folkins, Brandon Fryman, Robert B. Martin, Jr. ; written, directed and edited by Jon Stevenson.

Publisher, Date:

Los Angeles, CA : Scream Factory, [2021]

Description:

1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother. While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called Rent-A-Pal. Hosted by the charming and charismatic Andy, the tape offers him much-needed company, compassion, and friendship. But, Andy's friendship comes at a cost, and David desperately struggles to afford the price of admission.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Bachelors -- Drama.

Video recordings -- Drama.

Online dating -- Drama.

Caregivers -- Drama.

Genre:

Horror films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Feature films.

Fiction films.