Brian Bertino

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: The Strangers (2008); The Strangers (2014-era sequel). Count them as director (5 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Manson family murders: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Strangers (2008), which they wrote: Manson family murders ⇒ The Strangers (the maker said so). Bertino cited the Manson family murders as an inspiration, but the speaker finds that unsatisfying because Manson had intent while the Strangers act at random.
“Bertino says that the Manson family tape murders were a big inspiration for this.”
The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 0:33:41 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

The Town That Dreaded Sundown: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Strangers (2008), which they wrote: The Town That Dreaded Sundown ⇒ The Strangers (the host's read). The tall stranger's sack mask calls back to The Town That Dreaded Sundown.
“wears a kind of sack mask that recalls like the town that dreaded sundown.”
The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 0:26:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (5) everyone in directing

director, Mockingbird (The Big Picture, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!)
director, The Monster (The Big Picture, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!)
director, The Dark and the Wicked (The Big Picture, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!)
director, Vicious (The Big Picture, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!)
writer-director (directorial debut) (directing half), The Strangers (The Big Picture, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!)

Writing (2) everyone in writing

writer-director (directorial debut), The Strangers (The Big Picture, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!)
writer of the sequel, The Strangers (2014-era sequel) (The Big Picture, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!)

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Brian Bertino → The Strangers. Bertino looked like a major horror director after The Strangers but never reached the mountaintop again, partly because its spareness is hard to revisit.
“I thought he was going to be one of the most significant horror directors of his generation, and he's worked, but has never really kind of reached the mountaintop again.”
The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 0:47:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Brian Bertino: Bertino's early script placed in a screenwriting fellowship contest and got him a call from producer Roy Lee.
“He submitted it to the Nickel Fellowship, uh, or Nick Nickel Grant contest. I think he came in 3rd place, but it got noticed.”
The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 0:19:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)