Kim Newman
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Prisoners of Gravity
Self
1989
Series
Eurotrash
1993
Series
British Film Forever
2007
Space Cadets
Self
1997
Series
Eurotika!
Self
1999
Film
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
Self - Film Critic and Writer
2021
Film
The Dalek Tapes
Self
2006
Film
A Place Among the Dead
KN
2020
Film
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Merrin
2021
Film
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
2008
Film
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
Himself
2025
Film
Tales of the Uncanny
Self (voice)
2020
Film
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Self
2025
Film
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
2006
Film
Scala!!!
Self
2024
Film
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
Himself
2012
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
Self
2007
Film
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Himself
2008
Film
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Self
2005
Film
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Self
2010
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
Self
2007
Film
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
Self
2009
Film
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
Self
2012
Film
The Trail of Dracula
Self
2013
Film
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
Self
2022
Film
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004
Film
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Self
2010
Film
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
Himself
2010
Film
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
Himself
2009
Film
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
Self
2008
Film
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Self
2008
Film
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
Self
2014
Film
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
Self
2006
The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves
himself
1999
Film
Fear in the Dark
Self
1991
Film
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Self
2006
Film
Shadows of Suspense
Self
2006
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
2011
Film
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
Self
2012
Film
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
Self - Author / Critic
2019
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014
Film
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
Self
2010
Film
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
Self
2022
Film
The Emmanuelle Effect
Self
2020
Film
Dracula Unearthed
Self
2022
Film
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
Self
2011
Film
The Kneale Tapes
Self
2003
The Debra Hill Story
Self
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
Self
2020
Film
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
Self
2007
Film
The Cult of Star Cops
2006
Film
Connie
Self
2016
Film
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
Self
2014
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
Self
2008
Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times
Himself
2014
Film
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Self
2016
Film
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
self
2020
Film
The Cult of Doomwatch
2006
Film
Scala Interviews
Self
2024
Film
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
Himself
2010
Film
Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts
Himself
2023
Film
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L
Himself
2014
Film
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z
Himself
2014
Release the Hound!
Self
2015
Film
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
Self
2008
Film
All's Wells That Ends Wells
Self
2011
Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
Himself
2018
Film
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
Himself
2010
Film
Cellar Club Live
Self - Host
2026
A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren
Self
2020
Film
Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
2018
Film
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
2011
Film
One Hit Wonder
Self
2011
Film
Into Lonely Water
Self
2020
Last Man Standing
2018
Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
2020
Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
2018
Film
The Cult of The Tripods
2006