Kim Newman

Jul 31, 1959 (66 years old) in London, England, USA

English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven—and alternate fictional versions of history. He has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the BSFA award.

Known For

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Karloff: The Gentle Monster

Self

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Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

Self - Film Critic and Writer

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A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

Himself

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Scala!!!

Self

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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Self

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Prisoners of Gravity

Self

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Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

Himself

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Tales of the Uncanny

Self (voice)

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Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33

Himself

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The Dalek Tapes

Self

Credits

The Debra Hill Story Future

★ NR
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story Future

Himself

★ NR
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' 2025

Himself

★ NR
Scala!!! 2024

Self

★ 7.8
Scala Interviews 2024

Self

★ NR
Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts 2023

Himself

★ NR
Dracula Unearthed 2022

Self

★ 7
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film 2022

Self

★ NR
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves 2022

Self

★ 8
The Amazing Mr. Blunden 2021

Mr. Merrin

★ 6.3
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! 2021

Self - Film Critic and Writer

★ 6
A Place Among the Dead 2020

KN

★ 2.5
Tales of the Uncanny 2020

Self (voice)

★ 7.1
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King 2020

self

★ NR
The Emmanuelle Effect 2020

Self

★ NR
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic 2020

Self

★ NR
A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren 2020

Self

★ NR
Into Lonely Water 2020

Self

★ NR
Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic 2020

★ NR
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema 2019

Self - Author / Critic

★ 6.5
Last Man Standing 2018

★ NR
Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle 2018

★ NR
Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy 2018

★ NR
Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci 2018

Himself

★ 7
Servants and Masters the Making of 'The Power of the Daleks' 2016

Self

★ NR
Connie 2016

Self

★ NR
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo 2016

Himself

★ 6.6
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film 2015

★ 7.3
Release the Hound! 2015

Self

★ NR
Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times 2014

Himself

★ NR
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People 2014

Self

★ 5
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L 2014

Himself

★ NR
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z 2014

Himself

★ NR
Video Nasties: Draconian Days 2014

Self

★ 7.4
Remembering 'Dead of Night' 2014

★ 6.5
The Trail of Dracula 2013

Self

★ 10
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie 2012

Himself

★ 5.7
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains 2012

Self

★ NR
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil 2012

★ 3.8
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger 2012

Self

★ 5.5
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification 2011

★ 7
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust 2011

Self

★ NR
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back 2011

★ NR
All's Wells That Ends Wells 2011

Self

★ NR
One Hit Wonder 2011

Self

★ NR
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39 2010

Himself

★ 10
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33 2010

Himself

★ 10
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape 2010

Self

★ 6.8
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth 2010

Self

★ 7
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. 2010

Self

★ 7
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema 2010

Himself

★ 5.6
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments 2009

Self

★ NR
Leaves of Blood: Literary Vampires 2009

Self

★ NR
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu 2008

Self

★ NR
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices 2008

Himself

★ 6
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film 2008

Self

★ 6.9
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck' 2008

Self

★ 7.7
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret 2008

Self

★ NR
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce 2008

Self

★ 8.4
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger" 2007

Self

★ 7
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm 2007

Self

★ 7
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story 2007

Self

★ 7
The Cult Of Doomwatch 2006

★ NR
Lugosi: The Dark Prince 2006

Self

★ 7.6
Shadows of Suspense 2006

Self

★ NR
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light 2006

Self

★ 7.1
Karloff: The Gentle Monster 2006

Self

★ 7.6
The Dalek Tapes 2006

Self

★ NR
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy 2005

Self

★ 9.5
The Kneale Tapes 2003

Self

★ NR
The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves 1999

himself

★ NR
Eurotika! 1999

Self

★ 8
Space Cadets 1997

Self

★ 7.5
Prisoners of Gravity 1989

Self

★ 5.7