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Actor
Kim Newman
- Born July 31, 1959 in 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 Amazing Mr. Blunden2021
Eurotrash1993
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film2015
A Place Among the Dead2020
British Film Forever2007
The Cult of Star Cops2006
The Cult of The Tripods2006
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation2004
Filmography
- TBAThe Debra Hill StoryFilmSelf
- 2026Cellar Club LiveFilmSelf - Host
- 2025The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo DocumentaryFilmHimself
- 2025A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'FilmSelf
- 2024Scala!!!FilmSelf
- 2024Scala InterviewsFilmSelf
- 2023Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering StuntsFilmHimself
- 2022The Young General: Reflections on Michael ReevesFilmSelf
- 2022Dracula UnearthedFilmSelf
- 2022Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie FilmFilmSelf
- 2021CensorFilmExecutive Producer
- 2021Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!FilmSelf - Film Critic and Writer
- 2021The Amazing Mr. BlundenFilmMr. Merrin
- 2021Hiding in Plain SightFilmHimself
- 2020Tales of the UncannyFilmSelf (voice)
- 2020A Place Among the DeadFilmKN
- 2020From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi ClassicFilmSelf
- 2020Into Lonely WaterFilmSelf
- 2020Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film KingFilmself
- 2020The Emmanuelle EffectFilmSelf
- 2020Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror ClassicFilm
- 2020A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. WarrenFilmSelf
- 2019Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation CinemaFilmSelf - Author / Critic
- 2018Mark Kermode's Secrets of CinemaSeriesWriter
- 2018Brain Food: Analysing Late Day FulciFilmHimself
- 2018Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema SecretsFilmWriter
- 2018Kim Newman on the Ranown CycleFilm
- 2018Last Man StandingFilm
- 2018Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty TrilogyFilm
- 2017From Quatermass to CaltikiFilmself
- 2016Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the GialloFilmSelf
- 2016ConnieFilmSelf
- 2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal FilmFilm
- 2015Release the Hound!FilmSelf
- 2014Video Nasties: Draconian DaysFilmSelf
- 2014VHS Forever? | Psychotronic PeopleFilmSelf
- 2014Remembering 'Dead of Night'Film
- 2014Mark of the Devil: Mark of the TimesFilmHimself
- 2014Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-LFilmHimself
- 2014Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-ZFilmHimself
- 2013The Trail of DraculaFilmSelf
- 2012From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie MovieFilmHimself
- 2012Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy KruegerFilmSelf
- 2012The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of EvilFilmSelf - Critic / British Film Historian
- 2012Ghostwatch: Behind the CurtainsFilmSelf
- 2011Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film ClassificationFilm
- 2011The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal HolocaustFilmSelf
- 2011Heavenly Creatures: Looking BackFilm
- 2011All's Wells That Ends WellsFilmSelf
- 2011One Hit WonderFilmSelf
- 2010Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & VideotapeFilmSelf
- 2010Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British CinemaFilmHimself
- 2010The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern MythFilmSelf
- 2010Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.FilmSelf
- 2010Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39FilmHimself
- 2010Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33FilmHimself
- 2009RobsessedFilmSelf
- 2009The Greatest Ever 3D MomentsFilmSelf
- 2009Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost StoryFilmHimself
- 2009ÜbermenschFilmWriter
- 2008Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand VoicesFilmHimself
- 2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmFilmSelf
- 2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack PierceFilmSelf
- 2008A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'FilmSelf
- 2008Masters of Magic: The World of ChanduFilmSelf
- 2008Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s SecretFilmSelf
- 2007British Film ForeverSeries
- 2007Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"FilmSelf
- 2007Concerto Macabre: The Films of John BrahmFilmSelf
- 2007The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar StoryFilmSelf
- 2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightFilmSelf
- 2006Lugosi: The Dark PrinceFilmSelf
- 2006Karloff: The Gentle MonsterFilmSelf
- 2006The Dalek TapesFilmSelf
- 2006The Cult of Star CopsFilm
- 2006The Cult of The TripodsFilm
- 2006Shadows of SuspenseFilmSelf
- 2006The Cult of DoomwatchFilm
- 2005Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton LegacyFilmSelf
- 2004Russ Meyer: King of SexploitationFilm