Stewart Sparke a writer, director and producer specializing in horror feature film and interactive storytelling. After completing a BA in Film & TV Production in 2010 and an MA in Directing Film in 2012, he worked as a freelancer in the UK film and TV industry for three years on projects including BBC's Blue Peter and the London 2012 Olympic Games. During this time, Stewart was also head of live action production at Glass Cannon, a production company specializing in educational video content for the UK Heritage sector. The company earned a Royal Television Society Award Nomination for its work on the WW1 short film series Loss & Legacy: The Tolson Story in 2013. In 2015 Stewart co-founded Dark Rift Horror, a multimedia studio that creates relentlessly entertaining, immersive horror experiences. Since the company launched, Dark Rift Horror have produced and sold two commercially successful feature films, The Creature Below (2016) and Book of Monsters (2018), both produced and directed by Stewart. A third feature film titled How to Kill Monsters is now in post-production, alongside a tie-in video game, due for release in 2023.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Director, producer, writer and editor
- 3 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Stewart Sparke's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 1
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
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 Stewart Sparke's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Stewart Sparke'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
9 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Dead Reset (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
How to Kill Monsters(2023)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Blood Myth(2019)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Book of Monsters(2018)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Terminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Creature Below (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Shortcuts to Hell: Volume II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Rats! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Nature of the Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 2011 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Stewart Sparke's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 21st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 18th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 50/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 3 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 Stewart Sparke work with?
People who share at least 2 of Stewart Sparke's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Daniel Thrace shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Paul ButlerShared titles: How to Kill Monsters (2023), Book of Monsters (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Butler
Actors
- Daniel ThraceShared titles: How to Kill Monsters (2023), Blood Myth (2019), Book of Monsters (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Daniel Thrace
- Arron DennisShared titles: How to Kill Monsters (2023), Book of Monsters (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Arron Dennis
- Johnny VivashShared titles: How to Kill Monsters (2023), Book of Monsters (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Johnny Vivash
- Lizzie Aaryn-StantonShared titles: How to Kill Monsters (2023), Book of Monsters (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Lizzie Aaryn-Stanton
Composers and cinematographers
- Dave S. WalkerShared titles: How to Kill Monsters (2023), Book of Monsters (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Dave S. Walker
- Hamish SaksShared titles: How to Kill Monsters (2023), Book of Monsters (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Hamish Saks
Producers
- Alex JoynerShared titles: How to Kill Monsters (2023), Book of Monsters (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Joyner
- Cal O'ConnellShared titles: How to Kill Monsters (2023), Book of Monsters (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Cal O'Connell
- Nick FordShared titles: How to Kill Monsters (2023), Book of Monsters (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Ford
