Jeff Howard is an American writer and producer who has worked extensively in the genre space. On the television front, Jeff was a writer on the first season of Netflix's horror series The Haunting of Hill House (2018), as well as Resident Evil (2022). His most recent television work was as an executive producer of Midnight Mass (2021). Jeff got his start in the feature space co-writing the Blumhouse hit Oculus (2013) with Mike Flanagan. He also has shared writing credits on Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) for Universal Studios and Gerald's Game (2017) for Netflix.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Los Angeles, California, U.S
- Writer and producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Jeff Howard's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
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 Jeff Howard's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Jeff Howard'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
15 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Resident Evil(2022)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Midnight Mass(2021)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Gerald's Game(2017)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Dobaara: See Your Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Ouija: Origin of Evil(2016)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Before I Wake(2016)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The World Wars(2014)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Oculus(2013)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Gold Fever(2013)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Permanent Damage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Bloodsucking Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Peekers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Rat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Phineas and Ferb Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 10 of them dated from 1992 to 2022.
Biggest box office
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Highest rated
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
Most popular right now
Resident Evil (2022)
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.
How do Jeff Howard's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 60/100 and the plot and story 52/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Jeff Howard's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.
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 Jeff Howard work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jeff Howard's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mike Flanagan shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Mike FlanaganShared titles: Midnight Mass (2021), The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Gerald's Game (2017), Before I Wake (2016), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Oculus (2013)See all 6 shared titles with Mike Flanagan
Actors
- Kate SiegelShared titles: Midnight Mass (2021), The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Gerald's Game (2017), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Oculus (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Kate Siegel
- Henry ThomasShared titles: The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Gerald's Game (2017), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Henry Thomas
- Annabeth GishShared titles: Midnight Mass (2021), Before I Wake (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Annabeth Gish
- Carla GuginoShared titles: The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Gerald's Game (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Carla Gugino
Composers and cinematographers
- Michael FimognariShared titles: Midnight Mass (2021), The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Gerald's Game (2017), Before I Wake (2016), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Oculus (2013)See all 6 shared titles with Michael Fimognari
- The Newton BrothersShared titles: Midnight Mass (2021), The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Gerald's Game (2017), Before I Wake (2016), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Oculus (2013)See all 6 shared titles with The Newton Brothers
Producers
- Trevor MacyShared titles: Midnight Mass (2021), The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Gerald's Game (2017), Before I Wake (2016), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Oculus (2013)See all 6 shared titles with Trevor Macy
- D. Scott LumpkinShared titles: Gerald's Game (2017), Before I Wake (2016), Oculus (2013)See all 3 shared titles with D. Scott Lumpkin
- Melinda NishiokaShared titles: Gerald's Game (2017), Before I Wake (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Melinda Nishioka
- Dale Armin JohnsonShared titles: Before I Wake (2016), Oculus (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Dale Armin Johnson
Mixed roles
- Jamie FlanaganShared titles: Midnight Mass (2021), Gerald's Game (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jamie Flanagan
