Mick Garris
Filmmaker Mick Garris (Masters of Horror, Nightmare Cinema, Sleepwalkers, Critters 2) walks us through his favorite rock and roll movies.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
God Told Me To (1976)
Piranha (1978)
Shivers (1975)
Nightmare Cinema (2019)
Almost Famous (2000)
Horsefeathers (1932)
The Howling (1981)
Riding The Bullet (2004)
My Dinner with Jimi (2003)
Tapeheads (1988)
Dirty Duck (1974)
Still Crazy (1998)
Withnail and I (1987)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Small Soldiers (1998)
All You Need Is Cash (1978)
Let It Be (1970)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)
Help! (1965)
It’s Trad, Dad! a.k.a. Ring-A-Ding Rhythm (1962)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming! (1966)
Under The Cherry Moon (1986)
Flipper’s New Adventure (1964)
The Boat That Rocked a.k.a. Pirate Radio (2009)
Love Actually (2003)
Head (1968)
Woodstock (1970)
Stop Making Sense (1984)
The Last Waltz (1978)
Wolfen (1981)
Nasty Habits (1977)
The Omega Man (1971)
Ed Wood (1994)
Absolute Beginners (1986)
The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle (1980)
Addams Family Values (1993)
Pumpkinhead (1988)
Hold On! (1966)
Mrs. Brown (1997)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Clambake (1967)
Ferry Cross The Mersey (1965)
Quadrophenia (1979)
The Magic Christian (1969)
Blindman (1971)
Candy (1968)
Tommy (1975)
The Bride (1985)
Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982)
The Exorcist (1973)
It Might Get Loud (2008)
The Beatles at Shea Stadium (1967)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Rock ‘N’ Roll High School (1979)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Other Notable Items
TFH Guru Larry Cohen
The Z Channel
TFH Guru Jon Davison
Barbara Steele
Paul Bartel
Dick Miller
Lynn Lowry
The Post Mortem with Mick Garris podcast
Mick’s old band, Horsefeathers
Blumhouse Productions
Cameron Crowe
The San Diego Door
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Rod Stewart
Tower Records
Frank Zappa
Badfinger
Rolling Stone Magazine
Gentle Giant
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Joe’s “The Greibble” episode of the Amazing Stories TV series (1985-1987)
Don McLeod
The Turtles
Howard Kaylan
George Wendt
John Lennon
John F. Kennedy
Mark Volman
The Roxy Theatre
Sites that list streaming options
Jeff Lynne
Squeeze
Bill Nighy
Brian Gibson
Lynne Whitfield
Bruce Robinson
Syd Barrett
Stonehenge
Spinal Tap: Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean
Bruno Kirby
Rob Reiner
AVCO Embassy
The Rutles
George Harrison
Eric Idle
Mick Jagger
Paul Simon
Monty Python
American Cinematheque
Jayne Mansfield
Frank Tashlin
Steve Allen
77 Sunset Strip TV show (1958-1964)
“Be-Bop-A-Lula”, Gene Vincent (1956)
Richard Lester
George Martin
Phil Spector
Flipper TV show (1964-1967)
Pamela Franklin
Richard Curtis
The Monkees
Jack Nicholson
Ringo Starr
Martin Scorsese
The Wolfen novel (1978)
Glenda Jackson
Charlton Heston
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
“Teddy Boys”
David Bowie
“Quiet Life” by Ray Davies
The Kinks
Patsy Kensit
Julien Temple
Michael Jackson’s “Ghosts” music video, directed first by Mick and finished by Stan Winston
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video, directed by TFH Guru John Landis
Mick’s The Shining TV miniseries
Stan Winston
James Cameron
Digital Domain
Scott Rudin
Rick Baker
Herman’s Hermits
Jean Arthur
Arthur Lubin
Mister Ed TV series (1961-1966)
Elvis Presley
The Jordanaires
Where The Action Is TV series (1965-1967)
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Freddie and the Dreamers
Gerry and the Pacemakers
Gerry Marsden
Chad and Jeremy
Peter and Gordon
The Dick Van Dyke Show TV show (1961-1966)
“Come and Get It” by Badfinger
The tragedy of Badfinger
Apple Records
The Concert For Bangladesh album, George Harrison and Friends (1971)
Magic Christian Music soundtrack album, Badfinger (1970)
Tony Anthony
Pete Ham
Tom Evans
Harry Nilsson
Mariah Carey
Quadrophenia album, The Who (1973)
Tommy album, The Who (1969)
Franc Roddam
Pink Floyd
The Beatles TV show (1965-1969)
Peter Max
Early 1960s Czech Jules Verne movies
The Edge
Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin
Jack White
Robert Zemeckis
Brill Building
The Ramones
The Clash
TFH Guru Allan Arkush
P.J. Soles
Joey Ramone
This list is also available on Letterboxd.
