Mark Stay

Writer

Mark Stay got a part-time Christmas job at Waterstone's in the nineties (back when it still had an apostrophe) and, despite being working class and quite lippy, somehow ended up working in publishing for over 25 years. He would write in his spare time and sometimes those writings would get turned into books and films, including the Witches of Woodville series from Simon & Schuster, and the 2023 Warner Bros. horror movie Unwelcome. Mark is also co-presenter of the Bestseller Experiment podcast, which has inspired writers all over the world to finish and publish their books. Born in London, he lives in Kent with Youtube gardener and writer Claire Burgess and a declining assortment of retired chickens.

What are Mark Stay's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

29%

Bonds

21%

Power

18%

Survival

18%

Morality

14%

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

3

Thrilling

2

Dread

1

Warm

1

How their films linger

Hopeful2

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 Mark Stay's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on AMC+ (2).

Also on these channels

Acorn TV1 title, show their title on Acorn TV

Subscription and free streaming for Mark Stay'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

3 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

Nautilus(2024)
Show Writer
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Unwelcome(2022)
Screenplay · Story
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Robot Overlords(2014)
Writer
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 2 titles from 2015 to 2023.

Biggest box office

Robot Overlords (2014)

$944K worldwide

Highest rated

Nautilus (2024)

Midcredits 42^nd

By decade

2010s1 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does Mark Stay work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mark Stay's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jon Wright shares the most, 2.