Bryan Michael Bertino (born October 17, 1977) is an American filmmaker and co-founder of Unbroken Pictures. He is best known for directing the horror films The Strangers (2008), Mockingbird (2014), The Monster (2016) and The Dark and the Wicked (2020).
Biography from TMDB.
- October 17, 1977 (49)
- Crowley, Texas, USA
- Writer, producer and director
- 12 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Bryan Bertino's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 10
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 9
Steady 3 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 4
Casual 0 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 9
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 4
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic5
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Bryan Bertino's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Bryan Bertino's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Strangers: Chapter 3(2026)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
The Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The Strangers: Chapter 2(2025)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Vicious(2025)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Strangers: Chapter 1(2024)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
The Dark and the Wicked(2020)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Hurt(2018)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Stephanie(2017)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Blackcoat's Daughter(2015)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Monster(2016)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Mockingbird(2014)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Strangers(2008)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all filmsXtracurricular (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Grim Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 2003 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Strangers (2008)
Highest rated
The Dark and the Wicked (2020)
Most popular right now
Vicious (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Bryan Bertino's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned2
- Mixed10
Reviewers score the dialogue 35/100 and the plot and story 32/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Bryan Bertino's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Bryan Bertino work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bryan Bertino's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adrienne Biddle shares the most, 5.
Actors
- Michael Abbott Jr.Shared titles: Vicious (2025), The Dark and the Wicked (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Abbott Jr.
- Ella BallentineShared titles: The Dark and the Wicked (2020), The Monster (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Ella Ballentine
- Scott SpeedmanShared titles: The Monster (2016), The Strangers (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Scott Speedman
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Tristan NybyShared titles: Vicious (2025), The Dark and the Wicked (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Tristan Nyby
- Tom SchraederShared titles: The Dark and the Wicked (2020), Hurt (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Schraeder
- Zachary WeintraubShared titles: The Dark and the Wicked (2020), Hurt (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Zachary Weintraub
- Julie KirkwoodShared titles: The Monster (2016), The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Julie Kirkwood
Producers
- Adrienne BiddleShared titles: The Dark and the Wicked (2020), Stephanie (2017), The Monster (2016), The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015), Mockingbird (2014)See all 5 shared titles with Adrienne Biddle
- Sonny MallhiShared titles: The Dark and the Wicked (2020), Hurt (2018), The Monster (2016), The Strangers (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Sonny Mallhi
- Robert MenziesShared titles: Hurt (2018), The Monster (2016), The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Robert Menzies
- Richard SuckleShared titles: Vicious (2025), The Monster (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Suckle
