Acting83 credits

Kim Newman

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.

Known For

Cellar Club Live

2026 · Movie

8.0

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary

2025 · Movie

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

2025 · Movie

7.8

Scala!!!

2024 · Movie

Scala Interviews

2024 · Movie

Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts

2023 · Movie

7.0

Dracula Unearthed

2022 · Movie

Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film

2022 · Movie

8.0

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves

2022 · Movie

6.3

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

2021 · Movie

Hiding in Plain Sight

2021 · Movie

6.0

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

2021 · Movie

2.4

A Place Among the Dead

2020 · Movie

7.0

Tales of the Uncanny

2020 · Movie

Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King

2020 · Movie

The Emmanuelle Effect

2020 · Movie

From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic

2020 · Movie

A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren

2020 · Movie

Into Lonely Water

2020 · Movie

Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic

2020 · Movie

6.5

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

2019 · Movie

Last Man Standing

2018 · Movie

Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle

2018 · Movie

Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy

2018 · Movie

7.0

Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci

2018 · Movie

8.0

From Quatermass to Caltiki

2017 · Movie

5.0

Connie

2016 · Movie

6.6

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

2016 · Movie

7.6

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

2015 · Movie

Release the Hound!

2015 · Movie

Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times

2014 · Movie

5.0

VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People

2014 · Movie

7.4

Video Nasties: Draconian Days

2014 · Movie

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L

2014 · Movie

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z

2014 · Movie

6.5

Remembering 'Dead of Night'

2014 · Movie

10.0

The Trail of Dracula

2013 · Movie

5.9

From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie

2012 · Movie

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains

2012 · Movie

3.8

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil

2012 · Movie

6.0

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

2012 · Movie

7.0

Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification

2011 · Movie

The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust

2011 · Movie

Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back

2011 · Movie

All's Wells That Ends Wells

2011 · Movie

One Hit Wonder

2011 · Movie

10.0

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39

2010 · Movie

10.0

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33

2010 · Movie

6.7

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

2010 · Movie

7.0

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

2010 · Movie

7.0

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

2010 · Movie

5.6

Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema

2010 · Movie

The Greatest Ever 3D Moments

2009 · Movie

Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story

2009 · Movie

3.1

Robsessed

2009 · Movie

Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu

2008 · Movie

6.9

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

2008 · Movie

6.0

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

2008 · Movie

Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret

2008 · Movie

7.7

A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'

2008 · Movie

8.4

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

2008 · Movie

7.0

The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story

2007 · Movie

7.0

Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm

2007 · Movie

7.0

Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"

2007 · Movie

5.5

British Film Forever

2007 · TV Show

8.0

The Cult of The Tripods

2006 · Movie

9.0

The Cult of Star Cops

2006 · Movie

The Cult of Doomwatch

2006 · Movie

7.6

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

2006 · Movie

Shadows of Suspense

2006 · Movie

7.1

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

2006 · Movie

7.6

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

2006 · Movie

7.5

The Dalek Tapes

2006 · Movie

9.3

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

2005 · Movie

6.0

Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation

2004 · Movie

The Kneale Tapes

2003 · Movie

The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves

1999 · Movie

8.0

Eurotika!

1999 · TV Show

8.3

Space Cadets

1997 · TV Show

6.5

Eurotrash

1993 · TV Show

9.0

Fear in the Dark

1991 · Movie

5.9

Prisoners of Gravity

1989 · TV Show

The Debra Hill Story

— · Movie

Full Filmography

83 titles, newest first

Cellar Club Live

2026 · Movie

8.0

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary

2025 · Movie

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

2025 · Movie

7.8

Scala!!!

2024 · Movie

Scala Interviews

2024 · Movie

Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts

2023 · Movie

7.0

Dracula Unearthed

2022 · Movie

Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film

2022 · Movie