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Kim Newman

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jul 31, 1959 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, USA

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.

Known For

Acting
2026Cellar Club LiveSelf - Host
2025A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'Self
2025The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo DocumentaryHimself
2024Scala!!!Self
2024Scala InterviewsSelf
2023Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering StuntsHimself
2022The Young General: Reflections on Michael ReevesSelf
2022Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie FilmSelf
2022Dracula UnearthedSelf
2021Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!Self - Film Critic and Writer
2021The Amazing Mr. BlundenMr. Merrin
2020From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi ClassicSelf
2020Into Lonely WaterSelf
2020Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film Kingself
2020Tales of the UncannySelf (voice)
2020The Emmanuelle EffectSelf
2020A Place Among the DeadKN
2020Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
2020A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. WarrenSelf
2019Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation CinemaSelf - Author / Critic
2018Brain Food: Analysing Late Day FulciHimself
2018Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
2018Last Man Standing
2018Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
2016ConnieSelf
2016Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the GialloSelf
2015Release the Hound!Self
2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2014Mark of the Devil: Mark of the TimesHimself
2014VHS Forever? | Psychotronic PeopleSelf
2014Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-LHimself
2014Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-ZHimself
2014Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014Video Nasties: Draconian DaysSelf
2013The Trail of DraculaSelf
2012Ghostwatch: Behind the CurtainsSelf
2012From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie MovieHimself
2012The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy KruegerSelf
2011The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal HolocaustSelf
2011Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
2011Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
2011All's Wells That Ends WellsSelf
2011One Hit WonderSelf
2010The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern MythSelf
2010Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.Self
2010Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British CinemaHimself
2010Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39Himself
2010Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33Himself
2010Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & VideotapeSelf
2009The Greatest Ever 3D MomentsSelf
2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack PierceSelf
2008Masters of Magic: The World of ChanduSelf
2008A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'Self
2008Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s SecretSelf
2008Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand VoicesHimself
2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf
2007Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"Self
2007Concerto Macabre: The Films of John BrahmSelf
2007The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar StorySelf
2006Lugosi: The Dark PrinceSelf
2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightSelf
2006Karloff: The Gentle MonsterSelf
2006Shadows of SuspenseSelf
2006The Dalek TapesSelf
2006The Cult of Doomwatch
2006The Cult of Star Cops
2006The Cult of The Tripods
2005Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton LegacySelf
2004Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2003The Kneale TapesSelf
1999The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeveshimself
1999Eurotika!Self
1997Space CadetsSelf
1991Fear in the DarkSelf
1989Prisoners of GravitySelf
-The Debra Hill StorySelf
-Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost StoryHimself
Production
2021CensorExecutive Producer
Writing
2018Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema SecretsWriter
2018Mark Kermode's Secrets of CinemaWriter
2009ÜbermenschWriter
1999The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to ScreenWriter
1997The HungerStory