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
Scala!!!
Self
2024
Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts
Himself
2023
Dracula Unearthed
Self
2022
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
Self
2022
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
Self
2022
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Merrin
2021
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
Self - Film Critic and Writer
2021
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
2020
A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Self
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
self
2020
Into Lonely Water
Self
2020
Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
Himself
2018
Connie
Self
2016
Mark of the Times
Himself
2014
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
Self
2014
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
Himself
2012
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
Self
2012
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
2011
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
Self
2011
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
Himself
2010
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
Self
2010
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Self
2010
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
Himself
2010
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
Self
2009
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
Self
2008
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Himself
2008
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
Self
2008
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
Self
2008
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Self
2008
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Self
2006
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Self
2005
Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story
Scala Interviews
Self
2024
A Place Among the Dead
KN
2020
Tales of the Uncanny
Self (voice)
2020
The Emmanuelle Effect
Self
2020
Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
2020
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
Self - Author / Critic
2019
Last Man Standing
2018
Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
2018
Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
2018
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Himself
2016
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
Release the Hound!
Self
2015
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L
Himself
2014
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z
Himself
2014
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
Self
2014
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014
The Trail of Dracula
Self
2013
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
Himself
2010
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
2008
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
Himself
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
Self
2012
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
2011
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Self
2010
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
Self
2007
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
Self
2007
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
Self
2007
Shadows of Suspense
Self
2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
2006
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
Self
2006
The Dalek Tapes
Self
2006
The Kneale Tapes
Self
2003
The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves
himself
1999
Eurotika!
Self · (2 episodes)
1999
Space Cadets
Self · (2 episodes)
1997
Prisoners of Gravity
Self · (3 episodes)
1989