Show notes
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. Writer/director David Robert Mitchell was inspired by recurring childhood dreams about being followed by an amorphous, slow threat. It's a deliciously simple idea: It moves slow, but it's never gonna stop moving toward you. It will be the thing that defines you, the thing you can never escape, the thing that will ruin your life and turn you into a bad person. And it's why we think this movie is actually a metaphor for getting a job. Watch this It Follows podcast in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/48KBGjG8wzI Next week (Oct. 9, 2026): The Purge (2013)! Time stamps: 00:10:00 — History segment: Career overview of writer/director David Robert Mitchell; origins of It Follows; casting Maika Monroe; success and legacy of It Follows 00:43:15 — Movie discussion + It Follows film analysis 02:08:03 — Star ratings + final review of It Follows IT FOLLOWS (2015) was directed by David Robert Mitchell. Starring Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Lili Sepe, Olivia Luccardi, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, and Bailey Spry as Annie. Sources: "'It Follows': The Story Behind the Year's Creepiest Film" by David Fear | Rolling Stone (2015) - https://bit.ly/4d2GM8s "Exploring the horror of It Follows: David Robert Mitchell interview" by Ben Rawson-Jones | Digital Spy (2015) - https://bit.ly/4hvmg1D "Maika Monroe balances acting with kiteboarding" by Lynn Hoppes | ESPN (2012) - https://bit.ly/4yESRcN "Sundance It Girl Maika Monroe Won't be Going Back to Kiteboarding" by Daniel Schindel | Los Angeles Magazine (2015) - https://bit.ly/4yhTOav "David Robert Mitchell Talks It Follows" by Drew Tinnin | Dread Central (2015) - https://bit.ly/4ym4RQ1 "Myth of the American Sleepover Director on Making a Gentler American Graffiti" by Brian Brooks | IndieWire (2011) - https://bit.ly/4ymhk6h "The Yahoo Movies Interview: 'It Follows' Director David Robert Mitchell on His Surprise Horror Hit" by Gwynne Watkins | Yahoo! (2015) - https://yhoo.it/4xSaKUc Transcript: https://1weekrentalpod.com/2026/10/it-follows/#transcript Artwork by Laci Roth. Matt has two monthly spin-off podcasts: PodJob: A James Bond Podcast | Check it out on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/4jRL2K1), Spotify (https://bit.ly/4a8jM6E), and YouTube (https://youtube.com/@podjob007). The Sign Post Up Ahead: A Twilight Zone Recap Podcast | Check it out on Apple Podcast (https://bit.ly/4gXjtiR), Spotify (https://bit.ly/4gTE8Ev), and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@TheSignPostUpAhead) Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC). Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode: "Winston-Salem" - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM "Snake Drama" - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg "The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet" - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ Follow 1-Week Rental, a movie podcast: Twitter: @1weekrental | @MattStokes9 | @LRothConcepts Facebook: @1weekrental Instagram: @1weekrental TikTok: @1weekrental | @mattstokes9 Letterboxd: @loadbearinglaci | @mattstokes9 Bluesky: @1weekrental.bsky.social 1-Week Rental used to be Load Bearing Beams. *Elizabeth, the bride of Frankenstein in Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
