Kim Newman

Age: 66 years old
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 In...ternational Horror Guild Award, and the BSFA award.

Known For

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

Movie | 2021

Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema

Movie | 2010

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

Movie | 2010

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

Movie | 2025

Kim Newman

Known For

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

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

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

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves

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

Dracula Unearthed

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

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

Into Lonely Water

Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King

Tales of the Uncanny

The Emmanuelle Effect

A Place Among the Dead

Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic

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

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci

Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle

Last Man Standing

Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy

Connie

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

Release the Hound!

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

Mark of the Times

VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People

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

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

Remembering 'Dead of Night'

Video Nasties: Draconian Days

The Trail of Dracula

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains

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

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust

Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification

Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back

All's Wells That Ends Wells

One Hit Wonder

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

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

Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

The Greatest Ever 3D Moments

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

Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu

A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'

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

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

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

Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm

The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

Shadows of Suspense

The Dalek Tapes

The Cult Of Doomwatch

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

The Kneale Tapes

The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves

Eurotika!

Space Cadets

Prisoners of Gravity

The Debra Hill Story

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

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

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