Person

Kim Newman

Acting · Born 1959-07-31 · 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.

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  Eurotrash

  1993

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  The Hunger

  Story

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  Prisoners of Gravity

  Self

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  British Film Forever

  2007

• Space Cadets

  Self

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  Eurotika!

  Self

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  Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

  Writer

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  Dracula Unearthed

  Self

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  Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

  Self - Film Critic and Writer

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  Censor

  Executive Producer

• 2026Cellar Club LiveSelf - Host
• 2025The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo DocumentaryHimself
• 2025A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'Self
• 2024Scala!!!Self
• 2024Scala InterviewsSelf
• 2023Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering StuntsHimself
• 2022Dracula UnearthedSelf
• 2022Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie FilmSelf
• 2022The Young General: Reflections on Michael ReevesSelf
• 2021The Amazing Mr. BlundenMr. Merrin
• 2021Hiding in Plain SightHimself
• 2021Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!Self - Film Critic and Writer
• 2021CensorExecutive Producer
• 2020A Place Among the DeadKN
• 2020Tales of the UncannySelf (voice)
• 2020Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film Kingself
• 2020The Emmanuelle EffectSelf
• 2020From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi ClassicSelf
• 2020A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. WarrenSelf
• 2020Into Lonely WaterSelf
• 2020Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
• 2019Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation CinemaSelf - Author / Critic
• 2018Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema SecretsWriter
• 2018Mark Kermode's Secrets of CinemaWriter
• 2018Last Man Standing
• 2018Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
• 2018Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
• 2018Brain Food: Analysing Late Day FulciHimself
• 2016ConnieSelf
• 2016Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the GialloSelf
• 2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
• 2015Release the Hound!Self
• 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
• 2014Video Nasties: Draconian DaysSelf
• 2014Remembering 'Dead of Night'
• 2013The Trail of DraculaSelf
• 2012From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie MovieHimself
• 2012Ghostwatch: Behind the CurtainsSelf
• 2012The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
• 2012Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy KruegerSelf
• 2011Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
• 2011The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal HolocaustSelf
• 2011Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
• 2011All's Wells That Ends WellsSelf
• 2011One Hit WonderSelf
• 2010Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39Himself
• 2010Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33Himself
• 2010Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & VideotapeSelf
• 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
• 2009The Greatest Ever 3D MomentsSelf
• 2009Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost StoryHimself
• 2009RobsessedSelf
• 2009ÜbermenschWriter
• 2008Masters of Magic: The World of ChanduSelf
• 2008Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand VoicesHimself
• 2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf
• 2008A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'Self
• 2008Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s SecretSelf
• 2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack PierceSelf
• 2007Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"Self
• 2007Concerto Macabre: The Films of John BrahmSelf
• 2007The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar StorySelf
• 2007British Film Forever
• 2006The Cult of The Tripods
• 2006The Cult of Star Cops
• 2006The Cult of Doomwatch
• 2006Lugosi: The Dark PrinceSelf
• 2006Shadows of SuspenseSelf
• 2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightSelf
• 2006Karloff: The Gentle MonsterSelf
• 2006The Dalek TapesSelf
• 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
• 1999The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to ScreenWriter
• 1997The HungerStory
• 1997Space CadetsSelf
• 1993Eurotrash
• 1991Fear in the DarkSelf
• 1989Prisoners of GravitySelf
• —The Debra Hill StorySelf