Kim Newman

Biography

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

Eurotrash

Prisoners of Gravity

British Film Forever

Eurotika!

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

Tales of the Uncanny

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary

All Movies (76)

• Cellar Club Live2026 · as Self - Host
• The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary2025 · as Himself
• A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'2025 · as Self
• Scala!!!2024 · as Self
• Scala Interviews2024 · as Self
• Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts2023 · as Himself
• Dracula Unearthed2022 · as Self
• Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film2022 · as Self
• The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves2022 · as Self
• The Amazing Mr. Blunden2021 · as Mr. Merrin
• Hiding in Plain Sight2021 · as Himself
• Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!2021 · as Self - Film Critic and Writer
• A Place Among the Dead2020 · as KN
• Tales of the Uncanny2020 · as Self (voice)
• Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King2020 · as self
• The Emmanuelle Effect2020 · as Self
• From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic2020 · as Self
• A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren2020 · as Self
• Into Lonely Water2020 · as Self
• Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic2020
• Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema2019 · as Self - Author / Critic
• Last Man Standing2018
• Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle2018
• Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy2018
• Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci2018 · as Himself
• Connie2016 · as Self
• Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo2016 · as Self
• Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film2015
• Release the Hound!2015 · as Self
• Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times2014 · as Himself
• VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People2014 · as Self
• Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L2014 · as Himself
• Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z2014 · as Himself
• Video Nasties: Draconian Days2014 · as Self
• Remembering 'Dead of Night'2014
• The Trail of Dracula2013 · as Self
• From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie2012 · as Himself
• Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains2012 · as Self
• The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil2012
• Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger2012 · as Self
• Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification2011
• The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust2011 · as Self
• Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back2011
• All's Wells That Ends Wells2011 · as Self
• One Hit Wonder2011 · as Self
• Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 392010 · as Himself
• Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 332010 · as Himself
• Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape2010 · as Self
• The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth2010 · as Self
• Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.2010 · as Self
• Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema2010 · as Himself
• The Greatest Ever 3D Moments2009 · as Self
• Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story2009 · as Himself
• Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu2008 · as Self
• Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices2008 · as Himself
• Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film2008 · as Self
• A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'2008 · as Self
• Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret2008 · as Self
• He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce2008 · as Self
• Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"2007 · as Self
• Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm2007 · as Self
• The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story2007 · as Self
• The Cult of The Tripods2006
• The Cult of Star Cops2006
• The Cult of Doomwatch2006
• Lugosi: The Dark Prince2006 · as Self
• Shadows of Suspense2006 · as Self
• Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light2006 · as Self
• Karloff: The Gentle Monster2006 · as Self
• The Dalek Tapes2006 · as Self
• Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy2005 · as Self
• Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation2004
• The Kneale Tapes2003 · as Self
• The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves1999 · as himself
• Fear in the Dark1991 · as Self
• The Debra Hill Story— · as Self

All TV Shows (5)

• British Film Forever2007
• Eurotika!1999 · as Self
• Space Cadets1997 · as Self
• Eurotrash1993
• Prisoners of Gravity1989 · as Self