Synopsis
Rent-A-Pal (2020) is Jon Stevenson's psychological horror, and you can watch it online on iFILM. The year is 1990, deep in the VHS era. David is a withdrawn middle-aged bachelor worn down by caring for his ailing mother, paying a video dating service in the hope that somebody, somewhere, will understand him.
Instead of a match, he stumbles onto an odd tape called Rent-A-Pal. On screen, the warm and easygoing Andy (Wil Wheaton) promises to talk to you, listen to you, understand you. At first it's just a recording on a loop, rehearsed lines and pauses. But the more David watches, the more alive Andy seems — and the steeper the price of that friendship climbs. Brian Landis Folkins carries the whole film almost solo, and his quiet slide into obsession grips harder than any monster could.
Stevenson's feature debut rides a single idea straight into dread: how far a desperately lonely man will go to feel wanted. The film leans on cozy early-'90s textures, grainy tape and a claustrophobic living room standing in for any haunted house. Made for viewers who prefer slow, corrosive suspense over jump scares. Stream Rent-A-Pal (2020) online on iFILM.
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