Music Bettinelli-Olpin formed the
Bay Area punk band
Link 80 in 1993. On the band's first two albums,
17 Reasons and
Killing Katie, Bettinelli-Olpin played guitar, sang backing vocals and co-wrote the lyrics with singer
Nick Traina. After leaving Link 80, Bettinelli-Olpin worked as a music journalist and interviewed bands including
Alkaline Trio,
Dropkick Murphy's,
Lawrence Arms,
Avail,
Blur,
Violent Femmes,
the Breeders,
the Mars Volta and
the Psychedelic Furs. In 2016, Bettinelli-Olpin played guitar in a
Link 80 reunion for the
Asian Man Records 20th Anniversary. On June 17 and 18, the band played two sold-out shows at the San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill. Before the shows, a video tribute to singer
Nick Traina was shown. On May 21, 2021, a Link 80 cover of
Rancid's "Junkie Man" was released from Lavasock Records' upcoming 25th anniversary tribute to Rancid's punk rock classic
...And Out Come the Wolves featuring Bettinelli-Olpin on vocals.
Film In 1999, Bettinelli-Olpin directed
Alkaline Trio's first
music video ("Goodbye Forever") while attending the
University of California, Santa Cruz and, in the early 2000s, was roommates with
The Lonely Island and appeared in many of their early shorts. While working in the mailroom at
New Line Cinema, he formed the filmmaking collective
Chad, Matt & Rob in 2007 and
Radio Silence in 2011.
Chad, Matt & Rob Bettinelli-Olpin co-founded
Chad, Matt & Rob with
Chad Villella and Rob Polonsky in 2007. The group is known for their unique blend of comedy, adventure, sci-fi and horror. According to an interview in
IndieWire, Bettinelli-Olpin worked in the mailroom and later as the office manager at
New Line Cinema, where the group would sneak in after hours to use the offices as their sets. Among their numerous short films is the viral
found footage style video
Roommate Alien Prank Gone Bad and five installments of their first-of-its-kind series of
Interactive Adventures. Their work online has over 100,000,000 views.
Radio Silence After the dissolution of Chad, Matt & Rob, Bettinelli-Olpin formed
Radio Silence with
Tyler Gillett,
Justin Martinez and
Chad Villella. The group co-directed the
10/31/98 segment of the feature film
V/H/S. The film premiered at the 2012
Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by
Magnolia Pictures in October 2012. The following year, they made ''
Devil's Due for 20th Century Fox and in 2015, their film Southbound'' premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival. It was released theatrically by
the Orchard on February 5, 2016.
Paul Thomas Anderson called the film "a hidden gem." In 2019, Bettinelli-Olpin co-directed the well-reviewed comedic thriller
Ready or Not with
Tyler Gillett for
Fox Searchlight. The film stars
Samara Weaving,
Adam Brody,
Andie MacDowell, and
Mark O'Brien. The film was nominated for
Best Horror Film at the
46th Saturn Awards. In March 2020, it was announced that Bettinelli-Olpin would co-direct the
fifth installment of the
Scream franchise, alongside
Tyler Gillett, with
Kevin Williamson serving as executive producer. The film was released on January 14, 2022. The film was nominated for
Best Movie at the
2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards. In 2022, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directed
Scream VI which was released on March 10, 2023, by Paramount Pictures. The film won
Best Movie at the
2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards and ranked #3 on
The Hollywood Reporters list of "The Best Slasher Movies of the Decade". In 2023, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directed
Abigail which was released on April 19, 2024, by Universal Pictures. The film was nominated for Best Wide Release Movie at the 2024
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. and included on many best of 2024 lists including
Variety's "The Best Horror Movies of 2024",
Screen Rant's "10 Best Horror Movies Of 2024",
Bloody Disgustings "The 10 Best Horror Movies Released in the First Half of 2024",
Time Out's "The Best Horror Movies of 2024" and
SlashFilms "The 19 Best Horror Movies Of 2024 So Far". Filmed in Toronto during the spring of 2025 and released on March 20th 2026 by
Fox Searchlight,
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come stars
Samara Weaving,
Kathryn Newton,
Sarah Michelle Gellar,
Shawn Hatosy,
David Cronenberg, and
Elijah Wood. The film premiered at the
South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 13, 2026, received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed $41 million against a $14 million budget. In almost all of their films, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett have used music from
Asian Man Records artists including
Alkaline Trio,
Link 80,
MU330 and
Laura Stevenson and the Cans as well as music from the
Bay Area including
Too Short, The Atom Age,
Link 80,
The Jacka,
Kamaiyah and
P-Lo. Bettinelli-Olpin portrays
Michael Myers in
Scream in the
film within a film Stab 8 and
Ghostface on the TV news segment in
Scream VI. Bettinelli-Olpin is also a producer on
V/H/S,
V/H/S/94,
V/H/S/99 and
V/H/S/85. ==Discography==