BEHIND THE LENS #508: Featuring Renny Harlin and Bryan Fuller

BEHIND THE LENS #508: Featuring Renny Harlin and Bryan Fuller

From Behind The Lens by debbie lynn elias

February 2, 2026 · 1h 3m

About this episode

Debbie Lynn Elias interviews Renny Harlin and Bryan Fuller about their respective films, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 and DUST BUNNY.

This is a fun week for me on BEHIND THE LENS, given the two films that we're talking about and the two filmmakers I'm speaking with. It's a great way to kick off my 44th year as a film critic (although I was published with reviews going back 5 years before that)! Today you'll hear from one of my all-time favorite directors, RENNY HARLIN, as we talk about THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3, which now completes his trilogy of the rebooted classic. And, then a new fave writer/director BRYAN FULLER, who makes his feature directorial debut with the sumptuous and fun visual feast, DUST BUNNY. First up – RENNY HARLIN and THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3. The Strangers began back in 2008 thanks to w/d Bryan Bertino, who treated us to the tale of James Hoyt and Kristen McKay, who visit an isolated vacation home to enjoy some time together. Hopeful bliss turned into terror, making their stay a bloody nightmare. In 2018, director Johannes Roberts, with a script by Bryan Bertino and Ben Ketai, rebooted the franchise with The Strangers: Prey at Night, starring Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, and Christina Hendricks. It was always Johannes's intent to do a sequel, but that didn't…

People in this episode

Guests: Renny Harlin, Bryan Fuller

Topics covered

  • film
  • directing
  • horror
  • trilogies

Keywords

  • film critic
  • feature directorial debut
  • horror franchise

Mentioned in this episode

Products: THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3, DUST BUNNY

Books & works: BEHIND THE LENS #, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3, DUST BUNNY, The Strangers, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Oscar

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