Kim Newman

Personal Info

Birthday

July 31, 1959

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, USA

Also Known As

Kim James Newman

Jack Yeovil

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

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

A Place Among the Dead

Filmography

2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self
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
Dracula Unearthed
as Self
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
as Self
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
as Self
2021
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Mr. Merrin
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
as Self - Film Critic and Writer
2020
A Place Among the Dead
as KN
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self (voice)
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
as self
The Emmanuelle Effect
as Self
A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren
as Self
Into Lonely Water
as Self
2019
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
as Self - Author / Critic
2018
Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
as Himself
2016
Connie
as Self
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
as Himself
2015
Release the Hound!
as Self
2014
Mark of the Times
as Himself
VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
as Self
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
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
2013
The Trail of Dracula
as Self
2012
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
as Himself
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
as Self
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
as Self
2011
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
as Self
One Hit Wonder
as Self
All's Wells That Ends Wells
as Self
2010
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
as Himself
Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
as Himself
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
as Self
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
as Self
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
as Self
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
as Himself
2009
The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
as Self
2008
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
as Self
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Himself
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
as Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
as Self
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
as Self
2007
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
as Self
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
as Self
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
as Self
2006
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
as Self
Shadows of Suspense
as Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
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