Kim Newman
View on IMDb ↗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
The Trail of Dracula
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
The Cult of Star Cops
Fear in the Dark
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
The Cult of The TripodsFilmography (82)
- 2026
Cellar Club LiveSelf - Host - 2025
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo DocumentaryHimself - 2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'Self - 2024
Scala!!!Self - 2024
Scala InterviewsSelf - 2023
Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering StuntsHimself - 2022
The Young General: Reflections on Michael ReevesSelf - 2022
Dracula UnearthedSelf - 2022
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie FilmSelf - 2021
The Amazing Mr. BlundenMr. Merrin - 2021
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!Self - Film Critic and Writer - 2021
Hiding in Plain SightHimself - 2020
Tales of the UncannySelf (voice) - 2020
A Place Among the DeadKN - 2020From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi ClassicSelf
- 2020
Into Lonely WaterSelf - 2020
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film Kingself - 2020
The Emmanuelle EffectSelf - 2020Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
- 2020A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. WarrenSelf
- 2019
Fascism 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
- 2018
Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy - 2016
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the GialloSelf - 2016
ConnieSelf - 2015
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film - 2015Release the Hound!Self
- 2014
Video Nasties: Draconian DaysSelf - 2014Remembering 'Dead of Night'
- 2014
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic PeopleSelf - 2014Mark of the Devil: Mark of the TimesHimself
- 2014
Video 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
- 2013
The Trail of DraculaSelf - 2012
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy KruegerSelf - 2012
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie MovieHimself - 2012
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil - 2012
Ghostwatch: Behind the CurtainsSelf - 2011Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
- 2011
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal HolocaustSelf - 2011
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back - 2011
All's Wells That Ends WellsSelf - 2011
One Hit WonderSelf - 2010
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39Himself - 2010Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33Himself
- 2010
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern MythSelf - 2010
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.Self - 2010
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & VideotapeSelf - 2010
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British CinemaHimself - 2009
RobsessedSelf - 2009
The Greatest Ever 3D MomentsSelf - 2009
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost StoryHimself - 2008
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack PierceSelf - 2008A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'Self
- 2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf - 2008
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand VoicesHimself - 2008Masters of Magic: The World of ChanduSelf
- 2008Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s SecretSelf
- 2007Concerto Macabre: The Films of John BrahmSelf
- 2007Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"Self
- 2007
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar StorySelf - 2007
British Film Forever - 2006
The Cult of Star Cops - 2006
The Cult of The Tripods - 2006
Lugosi: The Dark PrinceSelf - 2006
Karloff: The Gentle MonsterSelf - 2006
The Dalek TapesSelf - 2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightSelf - 2006
Shadows of SuspenseSelf - 2006
The Cult of Doomwatch - 2005
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton LegacySelf - 2004
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation - 2003
The Kneale TapesSelf - 1999
Eurotika!Self - 1999The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeveshimself
- 1997Space CadetsSelf
- 1993
Eurotrash - 1991
Fear in the DarkSelf - 1989
Prisoners of GravitySelf - —The Debra Hill StorySelf