Kim Newman
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Kim Newman

Jul 31, 1959 - 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.

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Movie2020From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
Movie2021Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!Self - Film Critic and Writer
Movie2025A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'Self
Movie2010The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern MythSelf
Movie2020Into Lonely WaterSelf
Movie2009The Greatest Ever 3D MomentsSelf
Movie2022The Young General: Reflections on Michael ReevesSelf
Movie2005Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton LegacySelf
Movie2012Ghostwatch: Behind the CurtainsSelf
Movie2022Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie FilmSelf
Movie2021The Amazing Mr. BlundenMr. Merrin
Movie2006Lugosi: The Dark PrinceSelf
Movie2014Mark of the TimesHimself
Movie2020Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film Kingself
Movie2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack PierceSelf
MovieN/AHollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story
Movie2010Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.Self
Movie2010Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British CinemaHimself
Movie2022Dracula UnearthedSelf
Movie2008Masters of Magic: The World of ChanduSelf
Movie2008Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s SecretSelf
Movie2008A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'Self
Movie2023Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering StuntsHimself
Movie2024Scala!!!Self
Movie2003The Kneale TapesSelf
Movie2012From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie MovieHimself
Movie2011The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal HolocaustSelf
Movie2018Brain Food: Analysing Late Day FulciHimself
Movie2008Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand VoicesHimself
Movie2011Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
Movie2014VHS Forever? | Psychotronic PeopleSelf
Movie2012The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
Movie2016ConnieSelf
Movie2010Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39Himself
Movie2010Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33Himself
Movie2014Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-LHimself
Movie2014Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-ZHimself
Movie2013The Trail of DraculaSelf
Movie2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf
MovieN/AGhost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost StoryHimself
Movie2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightSelf
Movie2016Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the GialloHimself
Movie2014Remembering 'Dead of Night'
Movie2012Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy KruegerSelf
Movie2018Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
Movie2011Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
Movie2019Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation CinemaSelf - Author / Critic
Movie2018Last Man Standing
Movie2020Tales of the UncannySelf (voice)
Movie1999The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeveshimself
Movie2006Karloff: The Gentle MonsterSelf
Movie2014Video Nasties: Draconian DaysSelf
Movie2010Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & VideotapeSelf
Movie2015Release the Hound!Self
Movie2007Concerto Macabre: The Films of John BrahmSelf
Movie2007Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"Self
Movie2007The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar StorySelf
Movie2018Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
Movie2020The Emmanuelle EffectSelf
Movie2020A Place Among the DeadKN
Movie2006Shadows of SuspenseSelf
Movie2020Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
Movie2024Scala InterviewsSelf
Movie2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Movie2006The Dalek TapesSelf
Movie2020A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. WarrenSelf
Movie2011All's Wells That Ends WellsSelf
Movie2011One Hit WonderSelf
TV Show1989Prisoners of GravitySelf3
TV Show1997Space CadetsSelf2
TV Show1999Eurotika!Self2

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Movie1999The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to ScreenWriterWriting
Movie2018Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema SecretsWriterWriting
Movie2021CensorExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2009ÜbermenschWriterWriting
TV Show2018Mark Kermode's Secrets of CinemaWriterWriting
TV Show1997The HungerStoryWriting