Directing
Mick Garris
- Titles
- 101movies25TV shows
- Career
Active from 1981 to 2024, busiest in 2006 with 7 main titles.
- Directed
- 35titles as director
- Average score
59/100
- Highest rated
Michael Jackson's Thriller84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Uncanny5.8average 2.5
- Scare6.0average 2.6
- Fantasy4.7average 1.8
- Mystery6.3average 4.1
- Tension7.1average 6.1
- Violence5.2average 4.3
- Psychological6.4average 5.6
- Dark Humor3.6average 2.9
Rarely in their work
- Class & Capitalism2.1, average 3.3
- Contemporary Realism4.0, average 5.2
- Historical1.4, average 2.6
- Catharsis4.1, average 5.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Psychological Thriller 7
- Stephen King Adaptation 6
- Supernatural Horror 5
- Psychological Horror 4
- Supernatural 4
- Bleak Atmosphere 3
- Horror Anthology 3
- Intrigue 3
- Supernatural Mystery 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Supernatural Thriller 2
- Good vs Evil 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Nicholas PikeComposerThe Shining, Critters 2, Sleepwalkers, Desperation, Riding the Bullet, +7 more- PPatrick McMahonEditorThe Stand, The Shining, Desperation, Cigarette Burns, The Judge, +1 more
Stephen KingActorThe Stand, The Shining, Sleepwalkers, Gotham Cafe, The Stand- JJon JoffinCinematographerValerie on the Stairs, Dance of the Dead, The V Word, The Damned Thing, Deer Woman
Andrew CohenEditorValerie on the Stairs, Dance of the Dead, Haeckel's Tale, Chocolate, The Damned Thing
Matt FrewerActorDesperation, Riding the Bullet, Quicksilver Highway, Chocolate
Christopher LloydActorAmazing Stories, Quicksilver Highway, Valerie on the Stairs
Henry ThomasActorPsycho IV: The Beginning, Desperation, Chocolate
Joe DanteActorNightmare Cinema, Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling', Homecoming- AAttila SzalayCinematographerCigarette Burns, Homecoming, The Sacrifice
- MMarshall HarveyEditorRiding the Bullet, The V Word, Pick Me Up
Shelly JohnsonCinematographerThe Shining, Quicksilver Highway, Virtual Obsession
Movies and TV shows
24Upcoming
2 titles
64
The Sacrifice
Writer
Hocus Pocus 3
Characters
2020s
1 title · average score 58
58
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
Characters
2010s
1 title · average score 61
61
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
Screenplay, Producer
2000s
7 titles · average score 51
42
The Sacrifice (2008)
Writer
67
Eater (2008)
Writer
54
Valerie on the Stairs (2006)
Writer, Executive Producer
50
The V Word (2006)
Executive Producer, Writer
59
Haeckel's Tale (2006)
Writer, Executive Producer
51
Chocolate (2006)
Director, Writer
38
Riding the Bullet (2004)
as Dr. Higgins
1990s
4 titles · average score 55
44
Virtual Obsession (1998)
Director, Writer
81
Ghosts (1997)
Story, Screenplay
40
Quicksilver Highway (1997)
Writer, Producer
56
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Screenplay, Story
1980s
9 titles · average score 57
39
The Fly II (1989)
Screenplay, Story
48
Critters 2 (1988)
Director, Writer
65
Amazing Stories (1986)
Story, Teleplay
54
Fuzzbucket (1986)
Director, Producer
75
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' (1984)
Story Consultant
62
Coming Soon (1982)
Producer, Writer
The Making of 'The Thing' (1982)
Producer, Writer
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1982)
Producer, Director