Kim Newman

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Kim Newman

Acting 67 July 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 Brow…

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Censor

Censor

5.8 2021 Movie
Eurotrash

Eurotrash

6.5 1993 TV Show
The Hunger

The Hunger

6.1 1997 TV Show
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

6.0 2021 Movie
Prisoners of Gravity

Prisoners of Gravity

5.9 1989 TV Show
The Amazing Mr. Blunden

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

6.3 2021 Movie
British Film Forever

British Film Forever

5.5 2007 TV Show
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

6.8 2010 Movie
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

6.6 1999 Movie
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

9.3 2005 Movie
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

7.1 2006 Movie
Tales of the Uncanny

Tales of the Uncanny

7.0 2020 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Cellar Club Live

    Movie Self - Host

  2. 2025
    The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary

    Movie Himself

  3. 2025
    A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

    Movie Self

  4. 2024
    Scala!!!

    Movie Self

  5. 2024
    Scala Interviews

    Movie Self

  6. 2023
    Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts

    Movie Himself

  7. 2022
    Dracula Unearthed

    Movie Self

  8. 2022
    Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film

    Movie Self

  9. 2022
    The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves

    Movie Self

  10. 2021
    The Amazing Mr. Blunden

    Movie Mr. Merrin

  11. 2021
    Hiding in Plain Sight

    Movie Himself

  12. 2021
    Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

    Movie Self - Film Critic and Writer

  13. 2021
    Censor

    Movie Executive Producer

  14. 2020
    A Place Among the Dead

    Movie KN

  15. 2020
    Tales of the Uncanny

    Movie Self (voice)

  16. 2020
    Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King

    Movie self

More credits
  1. 2020
    The Emmanuelle Effect

    Movie Self

  2. 2020
    From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic

    Movie Self

  3. 2020
    A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren

    Movie Self

  4. 2020
    Into Lonely Water

    Movie Self

  5. 2020
    Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic

    Movie

  6. 2019
    Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

    Movie Self - Author / Critic

  7. 2018
    Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema Secrets

    Movie Writer

  8. 2018
    Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

    TV show Writer

  9. 2018
    Last Man Standing

    Movie

  10. 2018
    Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle

    Movie

  11. 2018
    Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy

    Movie

  12. 2018
    Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci

    Movie Himself

  13. 2016
    Connie

    Movie Self

  14. 2016
    Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

    Movie Self

  15. 2015
    Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

    Movie

  16. 2015
    Release the Hound!

    Movie Self

  17. 2014
    Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times

    Movie Himself

  18. 2014
    VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People

    Movie Self

  19. 2014
    Video Nasties: Draconian Days

    Movie Self

  20. 2014
    Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L

    Movie Himself

  21. 2014
    Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z

    Movie Himself

  22. 2014
    Remembering 'Dead of Night'

    Movie

  23. 2013
    The Trail of Dracula

    Movie Self

  24. 2012
    From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie

    Movie Himself