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József Gallai

József Gallai

Director, writer, actor, producer and cinematographer · Born January 22, 1988 (38) · Sopron, Hungary

After watching Lady in the Water (2006), József Gallai decided to deal with filmmaking and started writing screenplays and short stories. Between 2009 and 2012 he was mainly involved in amateur films in various genres. In 2014, he wrote and co-directed Hungary's first feature length found footage horror Bodom (2014). In this year the movie opened the Bram Stoker International Film Festival in Whitby, UK as well as collected numerous nominations on film festivals including 30 Dies Festival in Andorra, Golden Rake Award for Indie Horror and New York Scary Film Awards in the US and Amazon Horror Awards in Brazil. In 2015 Bodom was in the final competition at the Full Moon Horror & Fantasy Film Festival in Romania, competing with award winning films such as Welp (2014), Horsehead (2014) and Réalité (2014). In the beginning of 2016 his next horror movie Moth (2016) was completed and finished 4th Best Feature Film at the International Horror Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. The movie has been called a "thought-provoking and chilling film" by Found Footage Fiction and a "front running for a new horror niche" by Horror Habit. According to Horror Asylum, Moth is "an unusual experience with some moment reminding the author of David Lynch's Inland Empire (2006)". In the end of 2016 Gallai finished his fourth found footage feature A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex (2016), being described as an "enjoyably sinister movie with a delightfully unhinged central performance" by UK Film Review and collecting further positive reviews from Found Footage Critic, Top Found Footage Films and Warped Perspective as well as three nominations (including Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Film) on the International Filmmaker Festival World Cinema in Nice in 2017. In 2018 he completed his next short film Echoes (2018), which will be part of a horror anthology titled Blood Tales. He also directed two internationally acknowledged films in 2019 (Spirits in the Dark, The Whispering Man) that are set to be released worldwide in 2020 by Wild Eye Releasing. Presently, Gallai is working on his next paranormal thriller The Poltergeist Diaries featuring Oscar nominated Eric Roberts.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 22, 1988 (38)
From
Sopron, Hungary
Works as
Director, writer, actor, producer and cinematographer
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are József Gallai's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
41%
Bonds
19%
Self
17%
Ideas
13%
Morality
10%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 0 · Serious 4 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 6 · Intense 1

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Ally
1 of 3
Shadow
1 of 3
Hero
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Dread
6
Melancholic
3
Contemplative
1
Absurd
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Unsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • 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 József Gallai's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for József Gallai'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

19 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Final Frame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Writer

  • The Black-Eyed Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Screenplay · Story · as The Man in Black

  • A Stranger in the Woods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Peter

  • Aftermath(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Project Skyquake(2022)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer · as Monk

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • I Hear the Trees Whispering (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer

  • The Poltergeist Diaries(2021)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer · as Documentary Filmmaker

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Spirits in the Dark(2020)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer · as Gil

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Whispering Man(2019)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · as The Whispering Man

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Párhuzam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Story · as The Tall Man

  • Echoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Casting · Writer · as Skull Face

  • A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Moth(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Adam

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Bodom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer

  • 09.12.04 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer

  • Interjú (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Writer

  • Echoes from the Midnight Mansion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer

  • The Black-Eyed Children 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer · as The Man in Black

  • The Black-Eyed Children 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as The Man in Black

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles, 16 of them dated from 2013 to 2025.

Highest rated

Aftermath (2024)

Midcredits 57th

Most popular right now

Moth (2016)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting9 of 19: 0 only acting, 9 with another roleDirecting18 of 19: 0 only directing, 18 with another role · typical Midcredits score19thWriting18 of 19: 0 only writing, 18 with another role · typical Midcredits score19thProducing9 of 19: 0 only producing, 9 with another roleCinematography7 of 19: 0 only cinematography, 7 with another roleOther crew1 of 19: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

19 titles, 19 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 17 of them.

By decade

2010s8 · 3 acting · 8 crew2020s8 · 4 acting · 8 crew

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 József Gallai's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 3rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

3rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 7 titles are Divisive.

  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor, director, writer, producer

Moth (2016)

94th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer

Aftermath (2024)

Midcredits 57th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 58/100 and the pacing 28/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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.

Who does József Gallai work with?

People who share at least 2 of József Gallai's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gergö Elekes shares the most, 7.

Directors

Actors

Editors

Producers

Mixed roles