Portrait of Mick Garris

Directing

Mick Garris

Career

Active from 1981 to 2024, busiest in 2006 with 7 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Michael Jackson's Thriller
Michael Jackson's Thriller
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mick Garris Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Class & Capitalism
    1.9, average 3.3
  • Catharsis
    3.8, average 5.1
  • Social Commentary
    3.6, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 7
  • Stephen King Adaptation 5
  • Supernatural Horror 4
  • Supernatural Mystery 4
  • Anthology Horror 4
  • Bleak Atmosphere 4
  • Psychological Horror 3
  • Emotional Turmoil 2
  • Slow-Burn Tension 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Magical Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers!
Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers!

as Microwaved Mick

Hocus Pocus 3
Hocus Pocus 3

Characters

2020s

8 titles · average score 49
Robot Dracula
Robot Dracula (2026)

as Mick

The Last Podcast
The Last Podcast (2024)

as Stan the Bartender

House of Ashes
House of Ashes (2024)

as Television Narrator

Clownado
Clownado (2023)
GoodWatch score 45

Thanks

Hocus Pocus 2
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
GoodWatch score 58

Characters

Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow (2022)

TV show

The Stand
The Stand (2020)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Boulder Partygoer (uncredited)

Sky Sharks
Sky Sharks (2020)
GoodWatch score 44

as Dr. Gage Creed

2010s

4 titles · average score 53
Nightmare Cinema
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Screenplay

The Rift
The Rift (2016)
GoodWatch score 27

as Martin

Tales of Halloween
Tales of Halloween (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

as The Phantom

Unbroken
Unbroken (2014)
GoodWatch score 63

Executive Producer

2000s

24 titles · average score 56
The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice (2008)
GoodWatch score 42

Writer

Eater
Eater (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

Desperation
Desperation (2006)
GoodWatch score 47

Director, Executive Producer

Valerie on the Stairs
Valerie on the Stairs (2006)
GoodWatch score 54

Writer, Director

Pick Me Up
Pick Me Up (2006)
GoodWatch score 63

Creator, Executive Producer

Haeckel's Tale
Haeckel's Tale (2006)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Executive Producer

The Damned Thing
The Damned Thing (2006)
GoodWatch score 51

Creator, Executive Producer

Chocolate
Chocolate (2006)
GoodWatch score 51

Writer, Short Story

Cigarette Burns
Cigarette Burns (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

Executive Producer, Creator

Dance of the Dead
Dance of the Dead (2005)
GoodWatch score 52

Executive Producer, Creator

Homecoming
Homecoming (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

Executive Producer, Creator

Riding the Bullet
Riding the Bullet (2004)
GoodWatch score 38

as Dr. Higgins

1990s

12 titles · average score 52
Virtual Obsession
Virtual Obsession (1998)
GoodWatch score 43

Writer, Producer

The Shining
The Shining (1997)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as AA Hartwell

Ghosts
Ghosts (1997)
GoodWatch score 81

Story, Screenplay

Quicksilver Highway
Quicksilver Highway (1997)
GoodWatch score 40

Writer, Director

The Stupids
The Stupids (1996)
GoodWatch score 31

as Reporter #2

The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

as Young Herod's Man

Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV (1995)

Director

The Stand
The Stand (1994)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Henry Dunbarton

Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus (1993)
GoodWatch score 56

Story, Co-Executive Producer

The Nightmare Begins Again
The Nightmare Begins Again (1993)

Director

Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers (1992)
GoodWatch score 43

Director

Psycho IV: The Beginning
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
GoodWatch score 40

Director

1980s

14 titles · average score 61
The Fly II
The Fly II (1989)
GoodWatch score 39

Screenplay, Story

Critters 2
Critters 2 (1988)
GoodWatch score 48

Director, Writer

*batteries not included
*batteries not included (1987)
GoodWatch score 60

Story

Fuzzbucket
Fuzzbucket (1986)
GoodWatch score 51

Producer, Writer

Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories (1986)
GoodWatch score 65

Story, Teleplay

The Making Of The Goonies
The Making Of The Goonies (1985)

Director, Producer

Michael Jackson's Thriller
Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
GoodWatch score 86

as Zombie (uncredited)

Coming Soon
Coming Soon (1982)
GoodWatch score 62

Producer, Writer

The Making of 'The Thing'
The Making of 'The Thing' (1982)

Producer, Director

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1982)

Writer, Director

Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling' (1981)

Director, Producer

The Howling
The Howling (1981)
GoodWatch score 68

as Man with TV Guide (uncredited)