Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: UK distribution company Lightbulb Film has added three titles to its release slate.They include Jon Stevenson’s retro horror Rent-A-Pal.
Starring Brian Landis Folkins, Kathleen Brady and Wil Wheaton, the film is set in 1990 and follows a lonely bachelor searching for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his ageing mother.
Whilst seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called Rent-A-Pal.The film screens at Sites and has its UK premiere at Grimmfest.
It will be released On Demand on November 16 followed by a DVD in early 2021. The deal was negotiated with Sophia Aronne of The Exchange. “We’re thrilled to be bringing Rent-A-Pal to UK.
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