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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-07-31 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, USA

Kim Newman

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

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Prisoners of Gravity

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Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

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Eurotika!

Space Cadets

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The Amazing Mr. Blunden

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Tales of the Uncanny

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A Place Among the Dead

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Scala!!!

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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

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Dracula Unearthed

Acting

2024

Scala!!! as Self

Scala Interviews as Self

2023

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

2022

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves as Self

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

Dracula Unearthed as Self

2021

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! as Self - Film Critic and Writer

The Amazing Mr. Blunden as Mr. Merrin

2020

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

Into Lonely Water as Self

Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King as self

Tales of the Uncanny as Self (voice)

The Emmanuelle Effect as Self

A Place Among the Dead as KN

Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic

2019

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema as Self - Author / Critic

2018

Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci as Himself

Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle

Last Man Standing

Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy

2016

Connie as Self

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo as Himself

2015

Release the Hound! as Self

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

2014

Mark of the Times as Himself

VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People as Self

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

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

Remembering 'Dead of Night'

Video Nasties: Draconian Days as Self

2013

The Trail of Dracula as Self

2012

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains as Self

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

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

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger as Self

2011

The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust as Self

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

Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back

2010

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth as Self

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

Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema as Himself

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39 as Himself

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33 as Himself

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape as Self

2009

The Greatest Ever 3D Moments as Self

2008

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

Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu as Self

A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck' as Self

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

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices as Himself

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self

2007

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

Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm as Self

The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story as Self

2006

Lugosi: The Dark Prince as Self

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self

Karloff: The Gentle Monster as Self

Shadows of Suspense as Self

The Dalek Tapes as Self

2005

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy as Self

2003

The Kneale Tapes as Self

1999

The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves as himself

Eurotika! as Self

1997

Space Cadets as Self

1989

Prisoners of Gravity as Self

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A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' as Self

Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story

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

Writing

2018

Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema Secrets as Writer

Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema as Writer

2009

Übermensch as Writer

1999

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Writer

1997

The Hunger as Story

Production

2021

Censor as Executive Producer