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