Kim Newman

Known for: Acting
Born: July 31, 1959, London, England, USA
Movies: 80

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.0

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

2021

6.3

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

2021

6.7

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

2010

9.3

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

2005

6.6

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

1999

7.1

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

2006

7.4

Video Nasties: Draconian Days

2014

6.0

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

2008

7.0

Tales of the Uncanny

2020

6.5

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

2019

Filmography

2026	Cellar Club Live	Self - Host
2025	The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary	Himself
2025	A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'	Self
2024	Scala!!!	Self
2024	Scala Interviews	Self
2023	Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts	Himself
2022	Dracula Unearthed	Self
2022	Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film	Self
2022	The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves	Self
2021	The Amazing Mr. Blunden	Mr. Merrin
2021	Hiding in Plain Sight	Himself
2021	Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!	Self - Film Critic and Writer
2020	A Place Among the Dead	KN
2020	Tales of the Uncanny	Self (voice)
2020	Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King	self
2020	The Emmanuelle Effect	Self
2020	From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic	Self
2020	A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren	Self
2020	Into Lonely Water	Self
2020	Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
2019	Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema	Self - Author / Critic
2018	Last Man Standing
2018	Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
2018	Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
2018	Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci	Himself
2017	From Quatermass to Caltiki	self
2016	Connie	Self
2016	Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo	Self
2015	Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015	Release the Hound!	Self
2014	Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times	Himself
2014	VHS Forever? \| Psychotronic People	Self
2014	Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L	Himself
2014	Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z	Himself
2014	Video Nasties: Draconian Days	Self
2014	Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2013	The Trail of Dracula	Self
2012	From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie	Himself
2012	Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains	Self
2012	The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil	Self - Critic / British Film Historian
2012	Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger	Self
2011	Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
2011	The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust	Self
2011	Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
2011	All's Wells That Ends Wells	Self
2011	One Hit Wonder	Self
2010	Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39	Himself
2010	Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33	Himself
2010	Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape	Self
2010	The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth	Self
2010	Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.	Self
2010	Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema	Himself
2009	The Greatest Ever 3D Moments	Self
2009	Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story	Himself
2009	Robsessed	Self
2008	Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu	Self
2008	Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices	Himself
2008	Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film	Self
2008	Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret	Self
2008	A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'	Self
2008	He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce	Self
2007	Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm	Self
2007	Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"	Self
2007	The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story	Self
2006	The Cult of The Tripods
2006	The Cult of Star Cops
2006	The Cult of Doomwatch
2006	Lugosi: The Dark Prince	Self
2006	Shadows of Suspense	Self
2006	Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light	Self
2006	Karloff: The Gentle Monster	Self
2006	The Dalek Tapes	Self
2005	Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy	Self
2004	Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2003	The Kneale Tapes	Self
1999	The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves	himself
1991	Fear in the Dark	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2018	Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema Secrets	Writer
2009	Übermensch	Writer
1999	The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen	Writer

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