Review of The Beach House (2020) by Jluis_001 — 21 Aug 2020

Not all films should make sense. I mean, I'd expect a little consistency, but the sense sometimes tends to slip away.

Something like this occurs with The Rental.

A film that initially looks like a couples drama but ends up becoming a horror story.

In principle it might sound interesting but even considering the short length, The Rental is a story where only things happen because they must happen and then they end abruptly.

Zero story development and one-dimensional shallow characters. A recurring note in horror films of this kind.

There's sufficient talent in Franco's craftsmanship, and it's going to be interesting to see if he can grow as a filmmaker if he decides to continue doing it, but he needs to make a better narrative management and most of all he'll need better scripts, because when the viewer doesn't care about the characters, nor the poor motives, nor the killer, well, there's very little left to hold on to. Is it a failure? Yes. There's nothing worth remembering in this film, except that it's Dave Franco's filmmaking debut. The rest is as ordinary as it sounds.