Direction: Mick Garris

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Mick Garris. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Amazing Stories (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction Steven Spielberg · Lesli Linka Glatter · Phil Joanou · Paul Bartel

Cast Priscilla Pointer · Brad Bird · Douglas Seale · JoAnn Willette

Synopsis Amazing Stories (TV Series) (1985), created by Steven Spielberg, is an anthology series that brings to life a collection of extraordinary tales spanning genres like fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and adventure. Each standalone episode explores unique, imaginative narratives—from a man escaping...

6.9

6K votes

6.9

6K votes

Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)

1989 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Steven Dodd · Russell Mulcahy · Elliot Silverstein · Robert Zemeckis

Cast John Kassir · Roy Brocksmith · Miguel Ferrer · Larry Drake

Synopsis TV Series (1989-1996). 7 Seasons. 93 Episodes. Based on the legendary and gruesome 1950's EC Comics from publisher, William M. Gaines, this horror anthology featured stories of murder, greed, lust, gore and the supernatural, with touches of humor sprinkled throughout,...

6.5

6K votes

6.5

6K votes

Pretty Little Liars (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction I. Marlene King · Norman Buckley · Ron Lagomarsino · Chad Lowe

Cast Shay Mitchell · Troian Avery Bellisario · Ashley Benson · Lucy Hale

Synopsis TV Series (2010-2017). 160 episodes. Rosewood is a perfect little town. So quiet and pristine, you'd never guess it holds so many secrets. Some of the ugliest ones belong to the prettiest girls in town: Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily,...

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6.4

6K votes

6.4

6K votes

Masters of Horror (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 58 min. · United States

Direction Mick Garris · Stuart Gordon · Dario Argento · John Carpenter

Cast Karen Austin · J. Winston Carroll · Robert Englund · Derek Cecil

Synopsis Anchor Bay has amassed some of the greatest horror film writers and directors to bring to you the anthology series, "Masters of Horror". For the first time the foremost names in the horror film genre have joined forces for the...

6.0

904 votes

6.0

904 votes

Direction Mick Garris

Cast Patrick Swayze · James T. Callahan · Hector Elizondo · Nicholas Love

Synopsis Years before The Green Mile, a murderer on death row finds himself infused with the incredible power to heal by touch. A desperate race to halt his execution builds to a miraculous climax.

6.0

278 votes

6.0

278 votes

The Stand (TV Miniseries)

1994 · Series · 366 min. · United States

Direction Mick Garris

Cast Gary Sinise · Molly Ringwald · Jamey Sheridan · Laura San Giacomo

Synopsis When a government-run lab accidentally lets loose a deadly virus, most of the population of the world is wiped-out. Survivors begin having dreams about two figures: a mystical old woman, or a foreboding, scary man. As the story tracks various...

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

Direction Mick Garris

Cast Steven Weber · Rebecca De Mornay · Courtland Mead · Melvin Van Peebles

Synopsis Television adaptation of Stephen King novel -and famous Stanley Kubrick's film-. Jack Torrance accepts a job as caretaker at The Overlook Hotel in the remote Colorado Mountains while it is closed for the winter season. Jack has a drinking problem,...

5.2

2K votes

5.2

2K votes

Witches of East End (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Friedman · Allan Arkush · Patrick R. Norris · John Scott

Cast Julia Ormond · Mädchen Amick · Jenna Dewan · Rachel Boston

Synopsis TV Series (2013-2014). 2 Seasons. 23 Episodes. Centers on the adventures of a mother and her two adult daughters, both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of witches, who lead seemingly quiet, uneventful modern day lives in Long...

5.1

405 votes

5.1

405 votes

Direction Tobe Hooper · Tom DeSimone · Ken Wiederhorn · George Kaczender

Cast Robert Englund · Sandahl Bergman · Tony Dow · Amy Lyndon

Synopsis The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of evil and death about the lives of people who live on Elm Street.

4.9

1K votes

4.9

1K votes

Sleepwalkers

1992 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Mick Garris

Cast Mädchen Amick · Brian Krause · Alice Krige · Jim Haynie

Synopsis A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures come to town to seek out a virgin to feed on.

4.7

2K votes

4.7

2K votes

Critters 2: The Main Course

1988 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Mick Garris

Cast Terrence Mann · Don Keith Opper · Cynthia Garris · Scott Grimes

Synopsis It's been two years since the fiendish critters first terrorized the town of Grovers Bend. Now, a new batch of bloodthirsty hairballs are about to hatch.

4.7

4K votes

4.7

4K votes

Nightmare Cinema

2018 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Mick Garris · Joe Dante · David Slade · Ryûhei Kitamura

Cast Mickey Rourke · Richard Chamberlain · Adam Godley · Orson Chaplin

Synopsis Mick Garris, Joe Dante, David Slade, Ryuhei Kitamura and Alejandro Brugues each helm a short in the movie. It centers on a group of down-on-their-luck individuals who enter the decrepit Rialto Theatre. Their deepest and darkest fears are brought to...

4.7

717 votes

4.7

717 votes

Ravenswood (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 43 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Dougherty · Oliver Goldstick · Ron Lagomarsino · Mick Garris

Cast Nicole Gale Anderson · Tyler Blackburn · Steven Cabral · Brett Dier

Synopsis TV Series (2013-2014). 10 Episodes. Five strangers are connected by the curse that has plagued Ravenswood for generations.

4.7

166 votes

4.7

166 votes

Bag of Bones (TV Miniseries)

2011 · Series · 154 min. · United States

Direction Mick Garris

Cast Pierce Brosnan · Melissa George · William Schallert · Caitlin Carmichael

Synopsis The main character, Mike Noonan, is an author living in Derry, Maine who suffers from severe writer's block after the death of his wife, Johanna (called Jo), from an undiagnosed brain aneurism. Particularly disquieting to Mike is that his wife...

4.5

1K votes

4.5

1K votes

Direction Ed Decter · J. Miles Dale · Andy Wolk · Matthew Hastings

Cast Katherine McNamara · Dominic Sherwood · Alberto Rosende · Emeraude Toubia

Synopsis Series TV (2016-). 3 Seasons. 43 Episodes. Clary Fray is a normal teenager living in Brooklyn with her mother. One day, she discovers that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters; humans born with angelic blood that fight to...

4.4

839 votes

4.4

839 votes

Direction Mick Garris

Cast Clare Grant · Tyron Leitso · Christopher Lloyd · Suki Kaiser

Synopsis At a commune for aspiring novelists, Rob Hanisee (Tyron Leitso) discovers that there are fates worse than literary anonymity when he is visited by a strange apparition. Beautiful, naked and covered with supernatural ooze, Valerie might be the muse that...

4.3

569 votes

4.3

569 votes

Riding the Bullet

2004 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Mick Garris

Cast Jonathan Jackson · David Arquette · Erika Christensen · Barbara Hershey

Synopsis A young man hitchhiking back home to visit his mother is picked up by a mysterious stranger. As the ride goes on, the young man uncovers a terrible secret about the stranger, and is given a choice by the stranger....

4.3

848 votes

4.3

848 votes

Quicksilver Highway (TV)

1997 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Mick Garris

Cast Christopher Lloyd · Matt Frewer · Raphael Sbarge · Missy Crider

Synopsis Two tales of terror, told by a travelling showman.

4.1

149 votes

4.1

149 votes