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.
Known for
The Trail of Dracula
2013 · Movie
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005 · Movie
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
2010 · Movie
Fear in the Dark
1991 · Movie
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
2010 · Movie
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008 · Movie
Tales of the Uncanny
2020 · Movie
Scala!!!
2024 · Movie
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021 · Movie
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006 · Movie
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · Movie
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
2022 · Movie
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015 · Movie
The Dalek Tapes
2006 · Movie
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006 · Movie
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008 · Movie
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014 · Movie
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021 · Movie
Dracula Unearthed
2022 · Movie
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010 · Movie
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010 · Movie
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008 · Movie
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
2007 · Movie
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2019 · Movie
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010 · Movie
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016 · Movie
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012 · Movie
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2012 · Movie
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
2010 · Movie
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
2014 · Movie
A Place Among the Dead
2020 · Movie
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012 · Movie
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
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
2012 · Movie
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
2022 · Movie
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004 · Movie
The Emmanuelle Effect
2020 · Movie
The Cult of Star Cops
2006 · Movie
Shadows of Suspense
2006 · Movie
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
2009 · Movie
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
2020 · Movie
The Kneale Tapes
2003 · Movie
Scala Interviews
2024 · Movie
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z
2014 · Movie
The Cult of Doomwatch
2006 · Movie
Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts
2023 · Movie
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
2011 · Movie
The Cult of The Tripods
2006 · Movie
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L
2014 · Movie
Connie
2016 · Movie
All's Wells That Ends Wells
2011 · Movie
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
2011 · Movie
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
— · Movie
Into Lonely Water
2020 · Movie
Cellar Club Live
2026 · Movie
Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
2018 · Movie
One Hit Wonder
2011 · Movie