Kim Newman

Known for: Acting

Born: 1959-07-31 (age 66)

From: 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.

Filmography (82)

MOVIE
Cellar Club Live
2026
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
2025
as Himself
MOVIE
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
Scala!!!
2024
as Self
MOVIE
Scala Interviews
2024
as Self
MOVIE
Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts
2023
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.0
Dracula Unearthed
2022
as Self
MOVIE
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
as Mr. Merrin
MOVIE
Hiding in Plain Sight
2021
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.0
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
as Self - Film Critic and Writer
MOVIE★ 2.4
A Place Among the Dead
2020
as KN
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
as Self (voice)
MOVIE
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
2020
as self
MOVIE
The Emmanuelle Effect
2020
as Self
MOVIE
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
2020
as Self
MOVIE
A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren
2020
as Self
MOVIE
Into Lonely Water
2020
as Self
MOVIE
Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
2020
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2019
as Self - Author / Critic
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
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.0
Connie
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
MOVIE
Release the Hound!
2015
as Self
MOVIE
Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times
2014
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.0
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
2014
as Self
MOVIE
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L
2014
as Himself
MOVIE
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z
2014
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.4
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Trail of Dracula
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2012
as Himself
MOVIE
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
2012
as Self
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
as Self
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
as Self
MOVIE
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
2011
MOVIE
All's Wells That Ends Wells
2011
as Self
MOVIE
One Hit Wonder
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
2010
as Himself
MOVIE★ 10.0
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
2010
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.8
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
2010
as Himself
MOVIE
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
2009
as Self
MOVIE
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
2009
as Himself
MOVIE★ 3.1
Robsessed
2009
as Self
MOVIE
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.9
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
2008
as Self
MOVIE
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.4
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
2007
as Self
TV★ 5.5
British Film Forever
2007
MOVIE★ 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
as Self
MOVIE
Shadows of Suspense
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Dalek Tapes
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.4
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
as Self
MOVIE
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004
MOVIE
The Kneale Tapes
2003
as Self
MOVIE
The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves
1999
as himself
TV★ 8.0
Eurotika!
1999
as Self
TV★ 8.3
Space Cadets
1997
as Self
TV★ 6.5
Eurotrash
1993
MOVIE★ 9.0
Fear in the Dark
1991
as Self
TV★ 5.9
Prisoners of Gravity
1989
as Self
MOVIE
The Debra Hill Story
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as Self