
David Bruckner
Directing
Biography
David Bruckner (born c. 1977) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the horror films The Ritual (2017), The Night House (2020) and Hellraiser (2022). He also directed segments for the horror anthology films V/H/S (2012), Southbound (2015) and V/H/S/85 (2023).
Known For

A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
Creepshow

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
The Ritual

Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.
The Night House

A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
Hellraiser

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.
V/H/S/94

An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.
No One Gets Out Alive

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.
Southbound

A bachelor party becomes a savage fight for survival when the groomsmen unwittingly unleash a fabled predator upon the festivities.
Siren

A docu-series exploring how Chucky, Michael Myers, Pinhead and more came to be icons of the horror genre.
Behind the Monsters

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.
V/H/S

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.
V/H/S/85

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.
V/H/S/99

Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game titled 'Beyond the Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.
Beyond the Gates

A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
The Signal

Multi-narrative adaptation of Richard v. Krafft-Ebing's notorious medico-forensic study of sexual perversity.
Psychopathia Sexualis

Rock stars Peter and Seymour vie for the attention of TV actress Agnes. Agnes has a hidden connection to Roland, a deluded, dipsomaniacal office worker. Roland's boss has a disillusioned and misguided teenage daughter, whom Roland meets and latches onto as his personal savior. And guiding us through this mysterious maze of relationships are delusional bible salesman Fred and pretentious film director Sean. Sound convoluted? Deliriously, wonderfully so.
Last Goodbye

Remake of the 1958 B-movie about a small American town's battle against a gelatinous alien lifeform that engulfs every living thing it touches and grows exponentially.
The Blob
A young woman accepts a caretaking job on Craigslist and quickly discovers her responsibilities have stakes far greater (and more dangerous) than she could have ever imagined.
The Caretaker

In 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) at his office in Beverly Hills, California, and turned on his camera for a series of filmed interviews. (A recut of the 1992 TV miniseries Billy, How Did You Do It?)
Billy Wilder Speaks
Two American backpackers, hiking in the Dominican Republic with a group of experienced locals, find themselves in the disorienting depths of a vast cave system, where desperation for survival drives them to make choices that will change them forever.