Kim Newman

Actor

Born: July 31, 1959 (66 years old)

Place of birth: London, England, USA

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.

Filmography (23)

• Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005, ★ 9.5)
• Lugosi: The Dark Prince (2006, ★ 7.6)
• He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce (2008, ★ 8.4)
• Scala!!! (2024, ★ 7.8)
• Karloff: The Gentle Monster (2006, ★ 7.6)
• Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! (2021, ★ 6)
• The Amazing Mr. Blunden (2021, ★ 6.3)
• From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie (2012, ★ 5.7)
• Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008, ★ 6)
• Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008, ★ 6.9)
• Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006, ★ 7.1)
• Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo (2016, ★ 6.6)
• Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema (2019, ★ 6.5)
• Tales of the Uncanny (2020, ★ 7)
• Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010, ★ 6.8)
• Video Nasties: Draconian Days (2014, ★ 7.4)
• Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (2015, ★ 7.3)
• Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema (2018, ★ 7.1)
• Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema (2010, ★ 5.6)
• Prisoners of Gravity (1989, ★ 5.7)
• The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen (1999, ★ 6.6)
• Censor (2021, ★ 5.9)
• The Hunger (1997, ★ 6)