They say if you love something, set it free — and sometimes, if you’re lucky, that thing will return in the form of a blood-soaked sequel. That’s at least the case for Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the directors known as the film collective Radio Silence. For a duo that’s quickly become synonymous with a handful of lucrative horror franchises, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett are surprisingly averse to the idea of sequels. Since their “serendipitous” meeting in the offices of New Line Cinema, they’ve worked inseparably and intensely on shared visions of gore and epic spectacle — but their “f*cking allergy” to unnecessary follow-ups might be their strongest shared passion.
“The idea that you create something that intentionally is like opening a door to continue the story, it always feels a little bit like ‘But do you need to?’” Bettinelli-Olpin tells Inverse.
