1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast

Ready Or Not (2019) | Diving Deep Into Radio Silence's Horror-Comedy Classic

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Ready Or Not movie discussion begins at 32:47 Episode 212 (October 30, 2026) Listen to this episode Apple 1-Shriek Rental 2026 concludes with a long look at the absolute blast that is Ready Or Not. When Grace (Samara Weaving) marries the man of her dreams, she's stunned to learn that on her wedding night, it's his family's tradition to hunt the bride for sport. But her loss is our gain because folks, this movie's a bloody delight.

Topics: The history of Chad, Matt & Rob / Radio Silence · Ready Or Not script · Radio Silence directing as a team · Casting Samara Weaving · Do you root for movie characters? · Success of Ready Or Not

Us (2019) | A Long Look At Jordan Peele's Doppelgänger Horror-Comedy | Behind The Scenes Of Us

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Us movie discussion begins at 47:15 Episode 211 (October 23, 2026) Listen to this episode Apple Jordan Peele followed up his first film, the phenomenally successful Get Out, with an even more ambitious horror-comedy that ended up being way more divisive, even as it too became an enormous hit. At the time, Matt called it his favorite horror film of the 2010s. Does he still feel the same? How does Laci feel? Does this movie play differently seven years later?

Topics: Jordan Peele's fear of his doppelgänger · The scariest thing we can imagine · Does Us do enough with doppelgängers? · Jordan Peele's biography informs his films · What do the rabbits mean? · The pressure to follow up Get Out

The Purge (2013) | How A Low-Budget Home Invasion Film Spawned A Horror Mega-Franchise

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The Purge movie discussion begins at 39:15 Episode 210 (Oct. 9, 2026) Listen to this episode Apple This week on 1-Shriek Rental, Laci Elizabeth Goth and Matt Chokes continue their examination of 2010s horror films by going through The Purge (2013). It's the best night of the year to buy and sell exotic reptiles. But what other crazy shenanigans happen in this movie? Well, it's mostly a home invasion story. But there's a reason for that!

Topics: Writer/Director James DeMonaco is inspired to create The Purge · The politics of The Purge · Production of The Purge with Jason Blum · Ethan Hawke stars for $10,000 (plus box office points) · The Purge franchise · Suburb mindset

It Follows: Unpacking One Of The Era’s Defining Horror Films

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It Follows movie discussion begins at 43:45 Episode 209 (Oct. 2, 2026) Listen to the episode Apple Welcome to 1-Shriek Rental, where your hosts Matt Chokes and Laci Elizabeth Goth take you through horror films all through the month of October. And this October, Ms. Goth and Mr. Chokes are specifically taking a look at horror movies from the 2010s, starting first with 2015's word-of-mouth sensation It Follows.

Topics: 2010s horror · Director David Robert Mitchell's imagined American past · The Myth of the American Sleepover · David Robert Mitchell's recurring child nightmares inspire It Follows · A horror movie the characters can't solve · It Follows sounds dumb if you say the premise out loud

Why We Love The Brady Bunch Movie (And You Should Too)

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The Brady Bunch Movie discussion begins at 51:45 Episode 208 (September 25, 2026) Listen to this episode Apple We travel back in time to the perfect year, 1995, when nothing at all was bad about the world. And it was in that year that you would have met a family unstuck from time, the Bradys, who are here to make sure you have nothing but sunshine days.

Topics: How the Bradys are like the Cullens from Twilight · What The Brady Bunch Movie gets right about the Bradys · Sherwood Schwartz creates The Brady Bunch TV series · The Brady Bunch pilot in 1969 · Is Carol Brady divorced??? · The Brady Bunch variety show

Clue (1985) | How A Beloved Board Game Was Turned Into A Cult Classic With Three Endings

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Clue movie discussion begins at 54:37 Episode 207 (September 18, 2026) Listen to the episode Apple Cashing in on well-known intellectual properties is by no means a new thing in Hollywood. Look all the way back to 1985, when Clue opened to disappointing box office with a confusing marketing gimmick of having three different endings. You could go see Clue A, Clue B, or Clue C.

Topics: Cluedo (a.k.a. "Clue") starts as a board game in Britain in the '40s · Debra Hill options Clue, hires John Landis to direct · Landis struggles to crack Clue · Turning a board game into a movie · Jonathan Lynn hired as screenwriter · Landis wants four different endings to Clue

The Making Of Practical Magic: Did A Real Witch Curse The Production?

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History segment from episode 206 (Sept. 11, 2026) Listen to this podcast Apple Sources "How Practical Magic Pissed Off a Real-Life Witch" by Savannah Walsh | Vanity Fair (2023) "The Surprisingly Easy Way the Story of 'Practical Magic' Came to Author Alice Hoffman" by Eden Gordon | Mental Floss (2026) "Practical Magic Got Cursed by an Actual Witch.

Topics: Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic novel (and its sequels and prequels) · Who wrote the Practical Magic movie? · Practical Magic: The Broadway Musical · The '90s: a Golden Age of witch movies · Director Griffin Dunne · Griffin Dunne feuds with his "witch consultant"

Practical Magic (1998) | Diving Deep Into The Sandra Bullock/Nicole Kidman Cult Classic

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Guest: Practical Magic

Practical Magic movie discussion begins at 45:05. Episode 206 (Sept. 11, 2026) Listen to this podcast Apple Laci and Matt head to Witch Country to hang with the Owens Sisters, Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gilly (Nicole Kidman). Together they learn about the power of blood magic, sisterhood, and body oil.

Topics: Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic novel (and its sequels and prequels) · Who wrote the Practical Magic movie? · Practical Magic: The Broadway Musical · The '90s: a Golden Age of witch movies · Director Griffin Dunne · Griffin Dunne feuds with his "witch consultant"

Why Christopher Nolan Became Obsessed With Oppenheimer

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In the history segment, we go through the life and legacy of the real J. Robert Oppenheimer and try to parse what drew Nolan to him. In some ways, Nolan's quotes about Oppenheimer the man and the movie are directly contradicted by what his movie seems to be saying. And that only makes this miracle of a film all the more fascinating.

Topics: Albert Einstein quote about World War III · American Prometheus, the Oppenheimer biography · Nolan's fascination with Oppenheimer (the man) · James Woods's role in Oppenheimer movie · Nolan turns his Howard Hughes script into an Oppenheimer script · The life and career of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Why We Can't Stop Thinking About Oppenheimer

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Oppenheimer movie discussion begins at 1:09:50 Episode 205 (Sept. 4, 2026) Listen to the podcast Apple Laci and Matt turn in their longest podcast ever to talk about Oppenheimer... and honestly, it could have been twice as long. There's so much to say about this movie, which, after spending the summer consuming the man's movies, it's pretty easy to call his best film, and one of the best films of the 21st century.

Topics: A movie about realizing how little power you have · Albert Einstein quote about World War III · American Prometheus, the Oppenheimer biography · Nolan's fascination with Oppenheimer (the man) · James Woods's role in Oppenheimer movie · Nolan turns his Howard Hughes script into an Oppenheimer script