Kim Newman
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3619 |
| Birthday | 1959-07-31 |
| Place of Birth | London, England, USA |
| Also Known As | Kim James Newman, Jack Yeovil, |
2020
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
0/0
Produced for the "ultimate edition" of "Rollerball" from Capelight Pictures in Germany, 2020. The Blu-Ray of the original 1975 classic comes packed wi...
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From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
2021
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
6/130
One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.
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Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
0/0
Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact.
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A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2010
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
7/1
A documentary produced for Universal about their early Wolf Man film(s)
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The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2020
Into Lonely Water
0/0
A series of interviews about the cult Public Information Film "The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water"
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Into Lonely Water
2009
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
0/0
A countdown of the top 10 3D moments in film, television and pop music from the last 50 years.
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The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
2022
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
8/1
A revealing insight into the short life and times of Michael Reeves.
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The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
2005
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
9.444/18
Documentary about the great 1940s horror movie producer Val Lewton, featured on the 2005 DVD release "The Val Lewton Horror Collection."
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Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2012
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
0/0
Two decades after its unprecedented television broadcast, the cast, crew and fans of the notorious BBC 'Halloween Hoax' Ghostwatch look back at the sh...
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Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
2022
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
0/0
A feature-length documentary exploring the history of the Spanish zombie film.
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Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
2021
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
6.33/47
Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts. Th...
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2006
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
7.6/5
Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Bela Lugosi.
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Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2014
Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times
0/0
A documentary about the 'new wave' of British horror directors and their films in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times
2020
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
0/0
This is the first and only feature-length documentary on the life and cinema of the late Jorge Grau, who is most famous for his classic social-politic...
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Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
2008
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
8.4/5
Tribute to Universal make-up artist Jack Pierce who created some of the studio's most famous works including Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolf Man, the...
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He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
The Debra Hill Story
0/0
Debra Hill's documentary tells the story of her multifaceted life and of inspiring filmmakers around the world, and her legacy as a creative producer,...
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The Debra Hill Story
2010
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
7/1
A short documentary about the classic Universal Monster actor, Lon Chaney, Jr.
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Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
5.6/5
Film critic Kim Newman introduces a new series of DVDs and Blu-ray disc releases by BFI showcasing little known British films.
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Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
2022
Dracula Unearthed
7/1
Commemorates 100 years since the release of the German classic, Nosferatu, by FW Murnau, and explores the general fascination of Count Dracula, a figu...
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Dracula Unearthed
2008
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
0/0
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Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
2008
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
0/0
Filmmakers and historians discuss the 1942 cult classic Dr. Renault’s Secret.
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Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
2008
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
7.7/3
A documentary about the making of the movie "Dragonwyck"
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A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
2023
Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts
0/0
An 88-Minute documentary about how Jackie Chan broke the mold (and his bones) with his daring choreography in the 1980s.
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Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts
2024
Scala!!!
7.8/9
This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired...
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Scala!!!
2003
The Kneale Tapes
0/0
Documentary about Nigel Kneale, creator of Quatermass.
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The Kneale Tapes
2012
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
5.7/7
The history of Italian zombie cinema, beginning with the breakout worldwide influence and success of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and cont...
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From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2011
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
0/0
In this fascinating and well executed documentary film theorist and cult expert Xavier Mendik places "Cannibal Holocaust" in a broader context.
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The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
2018
Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
7/1
Documentary about the later works of director Lucio Fulci with special focus on "A Cat in the Brain".
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Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
2008
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
6/13
The life and career of the renowned voice actor of animation and radio. For generations, Mel Blanc was one of the most famous Hollywood voice actors w...
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Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2011
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
7/1
Lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship, this programme has unique access to the files of the British Board of Film Classification. Featurin...
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Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
2014
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
5/3
A feature length documentary shot over 9 months taking a look at the explosion of movies that became available on VHS in the UK.
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VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
2012
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
3.8/4
The shocking true story behind the making of Hammer Films notorious vampire saga.
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The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2016
Connie
0/0
Dolly Diggs needs a voice and Connie needs a body, but she's nobody's puppet... Who's the dummy in the dead of night?
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Connie
2010
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
10/1
Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of 39 is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.
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Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
2010
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
10/1
Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of dropped 33 titles is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.
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Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
2014
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L
0/0
The focus is on the eighty-two Section 3 titles, those advised by the DPP not to be obscene, but still known to have been seized. After a short introd...
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Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L
2014
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z
0/0
The focus is on the eighty-two Section 3 titles, those advised by the DPP not to be obscene, but still known to have been seized. After a short introd...
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Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z
2013
The Trail of Dracula
10/3
Diabolical. Seductive. Immortal. Vampires have been an icon of evil in folklore and popular culture for more than three centuries, yet only one name s...
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The Trail of Dracula
2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
6.9/7
Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.
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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
0/0
An all-new 72 minute featurette including interviews with Director/Producer Stephen Weeks, Actors Larry Dann and Murray Melvin, British Horror Icon Ba...
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Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
7.1/14
Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing i...
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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2016
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
6.6/7
Feature-length in-depth documentary by High Rising Productions chronicling the Giallo film genre from its beginnings as early 20th century crime ficti...
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Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2014
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
6.5/2
Retrospective documentary on the British horror anthology classic Dead of Night (1945).
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Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2012
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
5.5/4
Retrospective on The Nightmare On Elm Street Series.
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Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2018
Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
0/0
An analysis by the critic and author of Wild West Movies.
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Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
2011
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
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Film critic Kim Newman, Total Film news editor Rosie Fletcher, and film critic Alan Jones discuss Heavenly Creatures and the story the film chronicles...
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Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
2019
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
6.5/10
Feature length documentary on the cult sub-genre featuring interviews with Dyanne ‘Ilsa’ Thorne, Malissa ‘Elsa’ Longo, filmmakers Sergio Garrone, Mari...
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Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2018
Last Man Standing
0/0
The critic Kim Newman discussing ‘The End of the World Through the Years’. Newman covers the modern fascination with doomsday scenarios, beginning wit...
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Last Man Standing
2020
Tales of the Uncanny
7/12
A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.
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Tales of the Uncanny
1999
The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves
0/0
The 12th Episode from the "Eurotika" documentary series, made for the UK Channel 4 about European exploitation cinema. This one looks at the films of...
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The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves
2006
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
7.6/5
Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Boris Karloff.
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Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2014
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
7.4/14
The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and...
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Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2010
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
6.8/29
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
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Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2015
Release the Hound!
0/0
Documentary on the making of Hammer's adaptation of "The Hound of the Baskervilles".
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Release the Hound!
2007
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
7/1
A look at the life and films of the expressionistic movie and television director John Brahm.
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Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
2007
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
7/1
This short documentary takes a look at the making of Twentieth Century Fox's 1944 film "The Lodger".
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Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
2007
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
7/1
A biography of the short-lived character actor Laird Cregar.
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The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
2018
Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
0/0
Offers some nice background on Japanese horror in general and this trilogy in particular, delivered with Newman's typical enthusiasm and humor.
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Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
2020
The Emmanuelle Effect
0/0
The very first feature-length discussion and breakdown of the entire "Emmanuelle" phenomenon - the atmosphere in Europe that led to the production of...
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The Emmanuelle Effect
2020
A Place Among the Dead
2.5/4
An exploration of our cultural obsession with vampires and what they reveal about the human psyche.
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A Place Among the Dead
2006
Shadows of Suspense
0/0
A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."
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Shadows of Suspense
2020
Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
0/0
Newman covers a lot of ground in under a half hour, including Let's Scare Jessica to Death's connections to Hammer Horror, vampire movies in the Seven...
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Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
2024
Scala Interviews
0/0
An hour of interviews about the iconic British cinema.
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Scala Interviews
2015
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
7.3/7
A High Rising Productions documentary on the short-lived craze of Italian cannibal films in the '70s and '80s, featuring interviews with Umberto Lenzi...
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Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2006
The Dalek Tapes
7.5/1
A look at the appearances of the Daleks and Davros in the classic Doctor Who era.
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The Dalek Tapes
2020
A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren
0/0
A documentary on the life and career of the legendary British exploitation film director Norman J. Warren, who gained a name for himself in the sexplo...
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A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren
2011
All's Wells That Ends Wells
0/0
The First Doctor was the kind of scientist and adventurer popularised by the novels of H. G. Wells. But how much does Doctor Who owe to the 'Father of...
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All's Wells That Ends Wells
2011
One Hit Wonder
0/0
What separates one-off monsters such as the Monoids from eternal favourites like the Daleks? This short documentary tries to answer this question, wit...
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One Hit Wonder
2006
The Cult of Doomwatch
0/0
With new interviews with the actors and production team, this documentary reveals the inspiration for stories, outlines how the team knew they were up...
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The Cult of Doomwatch
2025
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
0/0
A "talking head" documentary that relives the fascinating and furious career of John Woo - from his early work, and emergence as a director, to his he...
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The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
1991
Fear in the Dark
9/2
A short documentary on the history of the horror film narrated by Christopher Lee.
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Fear in the Dark
2006
The Cult of Star Cops
0/0
A look at the late-80s BBC series Star Cops, which followed the adventures of the International Space Police Force in the year 2027.
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The Cult of Star Cops
2006
The Cult of The Tripods
0/0
A short documentary about the 1980's Sci-fi show, The Tripods, that didn't really have that many Tripods in it. It took producer Richard Bates 15 year...
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The Cult of The Tripods
2026
Cellar Club Live
0/0
Hosted by horror aficionado Kim Newman in front of a live audience, hear 'horror' stories from Caroline Munro, Virginia Wetherell and sons of the lege...
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Cellar Club Live
2004
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
0/0
Documentary about the late cult film-maker, Russ Meyer, with a penchant for strong, curvaceous women.
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