Known for Directing
Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California. He has been recognized for his contributions as a director, producer, and screenwriter in the horror genre. He's known for his work on various film and television projects, including adaptations of Stephen King's novels such as "The Stand" and "The Shining." Garris has also been involved in creating and hosting interviews for the series "Post Mortem with Mick Garris," where he engages with prominent figures in the horror and entertainment industry. His career reflects a deep involvement in and passion for the world of horror storytelling.
Born
December 4, 1951 (age 74)
Birthplace
Santa Monica, California, USA
Filmography
136 films, 35 shows


Nightmare Cinema
2018 · 1h 59m
country: United States
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.


Valerie on the Stairs
2006 · 1h
country: Canada
Taken from a Clive Barker original screen story, tells the tale of a novelist who discovers there are fates worse than literary anonymity in this sexually-charged tale of terror.


Chocolate
2006 · 1h
country: Canada
After eating a chocolate, a lonely, newly divorced young man who creates artificial flavorings for a living begins having turbulent psychic visions of a beautiful woman that he has never met.


Desperation
2006 · 2h 11m
country: United States
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.


Riding the Bullet
2004 · 1h 38m
country: Canada
In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him. He receives news that his mother has had a stroke and decides to hitchhike to visit her at the hospital.


The Judge
2001 · 2h
country: United States
When a key witness in a case of corruption is killed in courts all suspicion falls on Judge Armando Acosta. Now the judge Madiani will defend his innocence.


Virtual Obsession
1998 · 2h 15m
country: United States
If you were a brilliant young scientist diagnosed with only months to live, what choices would you make? To have faith that you were taken early for a reason and go quietly, or to use cryogenics to hope you could be cured someday in the future, or to download your consciousness into computer memory where you could still continue to interact with the ones you love?


Quicksilver Highway
1997 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Aaron Quicksilver is a mysterious storyteller whose listeners invariably end up as the subjects of his gruesome, grisly tales. He tells a new bride stranded on a desert highway a horrifying account of a set of carnivorous toy teeth, then entrains a pickpocket with the spine chilling story of an army of murderous, disembodied hands.


Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
1995
country: Unknown
Four tales are compiled from the popular television series. After a death row inmate (Patrick Swayze) is struck by lightning, he discovers he's received the Christ-like ability to heal others, prompting a race to save him from the electric chair. An author (Sam Waterston) is haunted by an apparition in mirrors. A psychic (Gregory Hines) reads the mind of a serial killer but doesn't know which member of his audience the thoughts come from. A painter (Harvey Keitel) mourns his wife's death.


The Nightmare Begins Again
1993 · 1h 30m
country: United States
When Fred Krueger is set free on a technicality, the parents of the children he murdered take matters into their own hands, while a high school track star haunted by her mother’s untimely death receives her mother’s amulet that unlocks her ambitions and unleashes vengeance on those who cause her pain.


Sleepwalkers
1992 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.


Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990 · 1h 36m
country: United States
When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.


Critters 2
1988 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents from a new batch of Critter eggs.


Fuzzbucket
1986 · 46m
country: United States
In the vein of "Harvey", an invisible creature befriends a 12 year old boy. Of course, no one else can see him nor believes in him.


The Making Of The Goonies
1985 · 7m
country: United States
In this vintage behind the scenes featurette, director Richard Donner and storyteller Steven Spielberg talk about fantasy and realities that went into making Goonies the quintessential adventure classic it is today.


The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982 · 8m
country: United States
A featurette made in 1982 to promote the new film by David Cronenberg, including interviews with the cast and crew.


The Making of 'The Thing'
1982 · 9m
country: Unknown


Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
1981 · 8m
country: United States
Making-of featurette for 'The Howling' (1981)