
Kim Newman
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography

Cellar Club Live
2026
as Self - Host

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

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
2025
as Himself

Scala!!!
2024
as Self

Scala Interviews
2024
as Self

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

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
2022
as Self

Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
2022
as Self

Dracula Unearthed
2022
as Self

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
as Self - Film Critic and Writer

The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
as Mr. Merrin

Hiding in Plain Sight
2021
as Himself
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
2020
as Self

Into Lonely Water
2020
as Self

Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
2020
as self

Tales of the Uncanny
2020
as Self (voice)

The Emmanuelle Effect
2020
as Self

A Place Among the Dead
2020
as KN
Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
2020
A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren
2020
as Self

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2019
as Self - Author / Critic
Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
2018
as Himself
Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
2018
Last Man Standing
2018

Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
2018
From Quatermass to Caltiki
2017
as self

Connie
2016
as Self

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016
as Self
Release the Hound!
2015
as Self

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

Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times
2014
as Himself

VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
2014
as Self

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L
2014
as Himself

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z
2014
as Himself
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014

Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014
as Self

The Trail of Dracula
2013
as Self

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
2012
as Self

From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2012
as Himself

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012
as Self - Critic / British Film Historian

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
as Self

The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
2011
as Self
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
2011

Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
2011

All's Wells That Ends Wells
2011
as Self

One Hit Wonder
2011
as Self

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010
as Self

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
as Self

Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
2010
as Himself

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
2010
as Himself

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
2010
as Himself

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010
as Self

The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
2009
as Self

Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
2009
as Himself

Robsessed
2009
as Self

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
as Self
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
2008
as Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
2008
as Self
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
2008
as Self

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008
as Himself

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
as Self
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
2007
as Self
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
2007
as Self

The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
2007
as Self

British Film Forever
2007

Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
as Self

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
as Self

Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
as Self

Shadows of Suspense
2006
as Self

The Dalek Tapes
2006
as Self

The Cult of Doomwatch
2006

The Cult of Star Cops
2006

The Cult of The Tripods
2006

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
as Self

Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004

The Kneale Tapes
2003
as Self
The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves
1999
as himself

Eurotika!
1999
as Self
Space Cadets
1997
as Self

Eurotrash
1993

Fear in the Dark
1991
as Self

Prisoners of Gravity
1989
as Self