“Wil Wheaton is a very bad friend in trailer for horror-thriller Rent-A-Pal”

Posted on By Wil

I have some news about RENT-A-PAL!

Set in 1990, the horror-thriller Rent-A-Pal stars Brian Landis Folkins as a lonely bachelor named David who searches for an escape from his day-to-day life of caring for his aging mother (Kathleen Brady). 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 (Wil Wheaton from Star Trek: The Next Generation), 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.

Rent-A-Pal is written and directed by first-time filmmaker Jon Stevenson who was inspired to make the movie after coming across, on the internet, footage of a VHS video called Rent-A-Friend which really did offer entertainment, advice and friendship to lonely people in a pre-digital age. Rent-A-Pal costars Amy Rutledge.

IFC Midnight is releasing Rent-A-Pal in select theaters and on demand Sept. 11.

Here is our poster!

RENT-A-PAL

And here is the trailer:

Everything about this movie makes me happy. The cast is superb, the editing and photography and music are gorgeous, and the story is REALLY FUCKING CREEPY.

I can’t wait for y’all to see this when it comes out in September.

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Comments (38)

  2. When watching you play a questionable character (one particularly bad one was Criminal Minds, episode Paradise, especially since William Mapother played a good guy, and he usually doesn’t!), it’s pretty delicious. Glad you’re happy with the way it came together!

  13. Oh my God.. creepy is the only word for this story-but I want to see it! Good work, Wil-let us know when it’s available!

  17. Congrats, Wil. I have no factual reason behind this, but I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those cult classics that sticks around in the collective cultural memory for decades. And if it does, I can’t think of anyone more deserving — you bring a lot of heart and wit to your craft.

  18. THIS LOOKS TERRIFYING WHY DO YOU KEEP MAKING ME HAVE TO WATCH HORROR MOVIES FOR YOU OH GODS still shuddering over Pooka Lives

    I will be sending you the bill for the coffee I will need because I will not sleep that night and will need said coffee to survive the next day. 😉

  21. I’m not sure what scares me more: The character you play, or THAT SWEATER VEST! AAAAAuuuuugggh!

    Am SO looking forward to this.

  23. Interesting story line for a directorial debut. I like how the trailer constructs an eerie atmosphere of menace and desperation that’s enhanced by the creepy music. Definitely will be watching this one!

  32. Watched it yesterday, it’s premiere date. So good. Deliciously creepy. Wil, you play creepy so well! Your expressions as you, from the tape/television, watched the make out session on the couch: wow, you showed every thought. Fantastic job. All the actors were perfectly cast.

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