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