Kim Newman
Acting • Born 1959-07-31
Biography
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.
Filmography
76 credits
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
Movie • 2020
Self
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
Movie • 2021
Self - Film Critic and Writer
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Movie • 2025
Self
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
Movie • 2010
Self
Into Lonely Water
Movie • 2020
Self
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
Movie • 2009
Self
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
Movie • 2022
Self
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Movie • 2005
Self
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
Movie • 2012
Self
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
Movie • 2022
Self
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Movie • 2021
Mr. Merrin
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Movie • 2006
Self
Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times
Movie • 2014
Himself
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
Movie • 2020
self
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Movie • 2008
Self
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Movie • 2010
Self
The Debra Hill Story
Movie
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
Movie • 2010
Himself
Dracula Unearthed
Movie • 2022
Self
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
Movie • 2008
Self
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
Movie • 2008
Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
Movie • 2008
Self
Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts
Movie • 2023
Himself
Scala!!!
Movie • 2024
Self
The Kneale Tapes
Movie • 2003
Self
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
Movie • 2012
Himself
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
Movie • 2011
Self
Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
Movie • 2018
Himself
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Movie • 2008
Himself
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
Movie • 2011
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
Movie • 2014
Self
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
Movie • 2012
Connie
Movie • 2016
Self
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
Movie • 2010
Himself
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
Movie • 2010
Himself
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L
Movie • 2014
Himself
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Trail of Dracula
Movie • 2013
Self
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Movie • 2008
Self
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
Movie
Himself
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Movie • 2006
Self
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Movie • 2016
Self
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
Movie • 2014
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
Movie • 2012
Self
Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
Movie • 2018
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
Movie • 2011
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
Movie • 2019
Self - Author / Critic
Last Man Standing
Movie • 2018
Tales of the Uncanny
Movie • 2020
Self (voice)
The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves
Movie • 1999
himself
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
Movie • 2006
Self
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Movie • 2010
Self
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
Movie • 2014
Self
Release the Hound!
Movie • 2015
Self
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
Movie • 2007
Self
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
Movie • 2007
Self
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
Movie • 2007
Self
Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
Movie • 2018
The Emmanuelle Effect
Movie • 2020
Self
A Place Among the Dead
Movie • 2020
KN
Shadows of Suspense
Movie • 2006
Self
Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
Movie • 2020
Scala Interviews
Movie • 2024
Self
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Movie • 2015
The Dalek Tapes
Movie • 2006
Self
A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren
Movie • 2020
Self
All's Wells That Ends Wells
Movie • 2011
Self
One Hit Wonder
Movie • 2011
Self
The Cult of Doomwatch
Movie • 2006
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
Movie • 2025
Himself
Fear in the Dark
Movie • 1991
Self
The Cult of Star Cops
Movie • 2006
The Cult of The Tripods
Movie • 2006
Prisoners of Gravity
TV • 1989
Self
Space Cadets
TV • 1997
Self
Eurotika!
TV • 1999
Self