Kim Newman
July 31, 1959(66 years old)
London, England, USA|Acting
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.
Movies (58)
Cellar Club Live
2026
10.0
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
7.8
Scala!!!
2024
Scala Interviews
2024
Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts
2023
7.0
Dracula Unearthed
2022
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
2022
8.0
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
2022
6.3
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
6.0
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
2.5
A Place Among the Dead
2020
7.0
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
2020
The Emmanuelle Effect
2020
Into Lonely Water
2020
6.5
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2019
Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
2018
Connie
2016
6.6
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016
7.3
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
5.0
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
2014
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L
2014
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z
2014
7.4
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014
10.0
The Trail of Dracula
2013
5.7
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2012
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
2012
3.8
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012
5.5
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
2011
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
2011
All's Wells That Ends Wells
2011
One Hit Wonder
2011
10.0
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
2010
10.0
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
2010
6.8
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010
7.0
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010
7.0
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
5.6
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
2010
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
2009
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
2009
6.0
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008
6.9
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
8.4
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
7.0
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
2007
The Cult of The Tripods
2006
The Cult of Star Cops
2006
The Cult of Doomwatch
2006
7.6
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
Shadows of Suspense
2006
7.1
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
7.6
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
7.5
The Dalek Tapes
2006
9.4
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004
The Kneale Tapes
2003
9.0
Fear in the Dark
1991
