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Matt Bettinelli-Olpin

Born February 19, 1978 · Oakland, California, USA (age 48)

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is an American filmmaker, writer, producer, musician, and actor best known as a founding member of the filmmaking collective Radio Silence. He first gained recognition in the found footage genre through Radio Silence’s segment “10/31/98” in V/H/S and later co-directed horror films including Devil's Due, Southbound, and Ready or Not. Bettinelli-Olpin later helped revive the Sc…

Known For

Ready or Not: Here I Come

Ready or Not: Here I Come · 2026

Ready or Not: Here I Come

MovieHorrorComedy

Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins rules it all.

Scream

MovieHorrorMystery

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Scream 7

Scream 7 · 2026

MovieHorrorMystery

When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.

Ready or Not

Ready or Not · 2019

MovieHorrorComedy

A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.

Scream VI

Scream VI · 2023

MovieHorrorThriller

Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.

Abigail

Abigail · 2024

MovieHorrorThriller

A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl.

Fountain of Youth

Fountain of Youth · 2025

Fountain of Youth

MovieAdventureFantasy

A treasure-hunting mastermind assembles a team for a life-changing adventure. But to outwit and outrun threats at every turn, he'll need someone even smarter than he is: his estranged sister.

Southbound

Southbound · 2015

MovieFantasyThriller

The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.

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Ready or Not: Here I Come

Ready or Not: Here I Come · 2026

Ready or Not: Here I Come

MovieHorrorComedy

Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins rules it all.

Director

Scream

MovieHorrorMystery

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Director

Scream 7

Scream 7 · 2026

MovieHorrorMystery

When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.

Executive Producer

Ready or Not

Ready or Not · 2019

MovieHorrorComedy

A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.

Director

Scream VI

Scream VI · 2023

MovieHorrorThriller

Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.

Director

Abigail

Abigail · 2024

MovieHorrorThriller

A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl.

Director

Fountain of Youth

Fountain of Youth · 2025

Fountain of Youth

MovieAdventureFantasy

A treasure-hunting mastermind assembles a team for a life-changing adventure. But to outwit and outrun threats at every turn, he'll need someone even smarter than he is: his estranged sister.

Executive Producer

Southbound

Southbound · 2015

MovieFantasyThriller

The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.

Director

V/H/S/94

V/H/S/94 · 2021

MovieHorrorThriller

After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.

Executive Producer

Hancock

Hancock · 2008

MovieFantasyAction

Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?

Reporter (uncredited)

V/H/S/85

V/H/S/85 · 2023

MovieHorrorThriller

Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a gore-filled journey through the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.

Producer

V/H/S

MovieThrillerHorror

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.

Director

Devil's Due

Devil's Due · 2014

An unexpected pregnancy takes a terrifying turn for newlyweds Zach and Samantha McCall.

Director

The Mummy 4

The Mummy 4 · 2027

MovieAdventureFantasy

The fourth installment in the franchise. Plot TBA.

Director

V/H/S/99

V/H/S/99 · 2022

MovieHorrorThriller

A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.

Producer

White Elephant

A group of friends find their annual festive holiday gift exchange spiraling into a cutthroat game of Christmas carnage.

Producer

Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project

Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project · 2025

Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project

MovieHorrorComedy

A crew of acclaimed documentarians follow a young budding filmmaker as he attempts to create the world's greatest found footage horror film.

Executive Producer

Loser

LOSER is a genre-blending thriller which follows Alice, a brilliant but troubled physics star, who invents a time machine with her best friend, Benji. But in doing so, they unleash forces far worse than they could have imagined, raising the question: just because you can, does it mean you should?

Producer

Damaged Goods

Damaged Goods · 2006

MovieDramaRomance

After two fractured souls find each other in group therapy, their bond is put to the test when one of them is unexpectedly cured.

White Power

White Power · 2001

In The Lonely Island's first attempt at a sitcom, the dudes get addicted to tooth whitener.

Matt

Full Moon Glory Hole

Full Moon Glory Hole · 2024

Full Moon Glory Hole

When Francis is beckoned to a glory hole in a dank gas station bathroom, he gets more than he bargained for.

Producer

Stereo-Vision

Stereo-Vision · 2024

After her abusive Mom suffers a debilitating stroke, Alexis Barrows finds a mysterious childhood toy in her house that offers a euphoric escape with a hefty price.

Tyler