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Kim Newman
Kim Newman

Kim Newman

Acting•Born July 31, 1959 (age 67)•London, England, USA

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

Eurotrash
6.5

Eurotrash

TV Series1993
Prisoners of Gravity
5.9

Prisoners of Gravity

TV Series1989
British Film Forever
5.5

British Film Forever

TV Series2007
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
6.0

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

Movie2021
Eurotika!
8.0

Eurotika!

TV Series1999
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
7.1

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Movie2006
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
8.0

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary

Movie2025
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
6.0

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

Movie2008

Filmography

2026
Cellar Club Live

as Self - Host

Movie
2025
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary

as Himself

Movie
2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

as Self

Movie
2024
Scala!!!

as Self

Movie
2024
Scala Interviews

as Self

Movie
2023
Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts

as Himself

Movie
2022
Dracula Unearthed

as Self

Movie
2022
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film

as Self

Movie
2022
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves

as Self

Movie
2021
The Amazing Mr. Blunden

as Mr. Merrin

Movie
2021
Hiding in Plain Sight

as Himself

Movie
2021
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

as Self - Film Critic and Writer

Movie
2020
A Place Among the Dead

as KN

Movie
2020
Tales of the Uncanny

as Self (voice)

Movie
2020
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King

as self

Movie
2020
The Emmanuelle Effect

as Self

Movie
2020
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic

as Self

Movie
2020
A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren

as Self

Movie
2020
Into Lonely Water

as Self

Movie
2020
Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
Movie
2019
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

as Self - Author / Critic

Movie
2018
Last Man Standing
Movie
2018
Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
Movie
2018
Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
Movie
2018
Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci

as Himself

Movie
2016
Connie

as Self

Movie
2016
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

as Self

Movie
2015
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Movie
2015
Release the Hound!

as Self

Movie
2014
Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times

as Himself

Movie
2014
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People

as Self

Movie
2014
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L

as Himself

Movie
2014
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z

as Himself

Movie
2014
Video Nasties: Draconian Days

as Self

Movie
2014
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
Movie
2013
The Trail of Dracula

as Self

Movie
2012
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie

as Himself

Movie
2012
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains

as Self

Movie
2012
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
Movie
2012
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

as Self

Movie
2011
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
Movie
2011
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust

as Self

Movie
2011
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
Movie
2011
All's Wells That Ends Wells

as Self

Movie
2011
One Hit Wonder

as Self

Movie
2010
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39

as Himself

Movie
2010
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33

as Himself

Movie
2010
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

as Self

Movie
2010
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

as Self

Movie
2010
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

as Self

Movie
2010
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema

as Himself

Movie
2009
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments

as Self

Movie
2009
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story

as Himself

Movie
2009
Robsessed

as Self

Movie
2008
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu

as Self

Movie
2008
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

as Himself

Movie
2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

as Self

Movie
2008
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'

as Self

Movie
2008
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret

as Self

Movie
2008
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

as Self

Movie
2007
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"

as Self

Movie
2007
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm

as Self

Movie
2007
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story

as Self

Movie
2007
British Film Forever
TV
2006
The Cult of The Tripods
Movie
2006
The Cult of Star Cops
Movie
2006
The Cult of Doomwatch
Movie
2006
Lugosi: The Dark Prince

as Self

Movie
2006
Shadows of Suspense

as Self

Movie
2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

as Self

Movie
2006
Karloff: The Gentle Monster

as Self

Movie
2006
The Dalek Tapes

as Self

Movie
2005
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

as Self

Movie
2004
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
Movie
2003
The Kneale Tapes

as Self

Movie
1999
The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves

as himself

Movie
1999
Eurotika!

as Self

TV
1997
Space Cadets

as Self

TV
1993
Eurotrash
TV
1991
Fear in the Dark

as Self

Movie
1989
Prisoners of Gravity

as Self

TV
—
The Debra Hill Story

as Self

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 31, 1959
Place of BirthLondon, England, USA
Popularity0.8