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Gary J. Tunnicliffe

Gary J. Tunnicliffe

Actor, writer, director and producer · Born February 27, 1968 (58) · Burntwood, Staffordshire, England, UK

Gary J. Tunnicliffe has been working in the film industry since 1990, primarily designing and creating special make up effects, working on over 130 feature films including entries on many of the most beloved 'horror genre' franchises including Blade, Halloween, Candyman, Scream, Exorcist, Feast, Prophecy, Mimic, Scary Movie, Children of the Corn, The Collector, Piranha and (most notoriously) Hellraiser (8 films) He is especially known for designing elaborate and shocking death sequences which earned him the playful nickname 'The Hollywood Assassin' At the age of 27 he wrote and directed his first feature, the science fiction horror film "Within The Rock' for producer Robert Patrick (Terminator 2, Walk The Line) since then he has directed multiple feature films including the acclaimed Hellraiser Judgment and has directed actors including Christopher Lloyd, Chevy Chase, Dakota Fanning, Chloe Grace Moretz, Lynne Redgrave, Katy Segal, Howie Mandel, Wallace Shawn and James earl Jones He also written several produced screenplays, produced, directed 2nd unit, acted, performed stunts and puppeteered on a host of different projects. Based in Los Angeles he has a design studio in Northridge, just minutes away from Hollywood.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 27, 1968 (58)
From
Burntwood, Staffordshire, England, UK
Works as
Actor, writer, director and producer
Titles
55 on MovieCove · 62 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Up 131% in 30 days

What are Gary J. Tunnicliffe's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 3rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 6th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
33%
Self
26%
Morality
22%
Society
13%
Bonds
7%
Survival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
5
Joyful
3
Absurd
3
Cold
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gary J. Tunnicliffe's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 46 of their 55 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gary J. Tunnicliffe's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

62 credits, 55 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Corporate Retreat(2026)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Infestation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Special Effects

  • The Exorcist: Believer(2023)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Baby Blue(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Trick(2019)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist · Stunt Double · as Principal

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Judgment(2018)

    Director · Associate Producer · Makeup Effects Designer · Prop Designer · Writer · as The Auditor

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Hatred(2017)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Pet(2016)

    Makeup Effects Designer · as Homeless Guy

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Miracles from Heaven(2016)

    Prosthetics · Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Hive(2014)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Most Likely to Die(2015)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • The Chicken Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Producer · Production Design · Set Dresser · Writer

  • The Wedding Ringer(2015)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Gone Girl(2014)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Burying the Ex(2014)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Animal(2014)

    Creature Design

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Beneath(2013)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Killing Season(2013)

    Makeup Designer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Collection(2012)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Revelations(2011)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Children of the Corn: Genesis(2011)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Scream 4(2011)

    Prosthetic Designer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Shanghai(2010)

    Prosthetics

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Dinoshark(2010)

    as Jeremy Long

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Jack and the Beanstalk(2009)

    Director · Producer · as Nervous Lumberjack (voice)

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's Lament (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Characters

  • Feast III: The Happy Finish(2009)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • My Bloody Valentine(2009)

    Makeup Designer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Necromonger Dave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Editor

  • The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising(2007)

    Makeup Artist · as Security Guard #2

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Makeup Designer

  • Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes(2006)

    Makeup Designer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis(2005)

    Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Feast(2005)

    as Mama Beast

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Hellworld(2005)

    Makeup Effects Designer · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Dracula III: Legacy(2005)

    Makeup Designer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Deader(2005)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Prophecy: Uprising(2005)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Exorcist: The Beginning(2004)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Megalodon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Writer · as Grady Harper

  • Dracula II: Ascension(2003)

    Makeup Designer · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Mimic: Sentinel(2003)

    Second Unit Director · Stunts · as Mimic Bug #2

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Hansel & Gretel(2002)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Hellseeker(2002)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Halloween: Resurrection(2002)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist · as Officer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • To End All Wars(2001)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Guardian(2001)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Dracula 2000(2000)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Ginger Snaps(2000)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Inferno(2000)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Sleepy Hollow(1999)

    Effects Supervisor · Makeup Effects · Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Twin Falls Idaho(1999)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Candyman: Day of the Dead(1999)

    Prosthetic Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Amanda & the Alien(1995)

    Creature Design

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Menno's Mind(1997)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering(1996)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Within the Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Screenplay · Writer

  • Hellraiser: Bloodline(1996)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers(1995)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Last Gasp(1995)

    Makeup Designer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Lord of Illusions(1995)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Candyman(1992)

    Makeup Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 61 titles from 1992 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Hansel & Gretel (2002)

$155K worldwide

Highest rated

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Guardian (2001)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting10 of 61: 2 only acting, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score13thDirecting6 of 61: 0 only directing, 6 with another roleWriting8 of 61: 3 only writing, 5 with another roleProducing3 of 61: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleEditing1 of 61: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew51 of 61: 44 only other crew, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score14th

61 titles, 12 with more than one role — other crew and acting overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1990s12 · crew2000s26 · 6 acting · 25 crew2010s20 · 4 acting · 19 crew2020s3 · crew

Billing

usually 19th · top billed in 0% of 10 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Gary J. Tunnicliffe's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 13th percentile, the median of all 55; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 14th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

14thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

12thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 55 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th39

Shape of the crowd

27 of their 55 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned11
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed27

Most divisive · director, writer

Hansel & Gretel (2002)

90th percentile spread · 54% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Feast (2005)

Midcredits 50th · 51% liked

Reviewers score the acting 45/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 31. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Gary J. Tunnicliffe's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 88 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles22–57 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 62 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 72 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Gary J. Tunnicliffe work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gary J. Tunnicliffe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Clive Barker shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles