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Born July 31, 1959 · London, England, USA
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.
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
2025

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

Scala!!!
2024

Scala Interviews
2024

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

Dracula Unearthed
2022

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

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
2022

The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021

A Place Among the Dead
2020

Tales of the Uncanny
2020

Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
2020

The Emmanuelle Effect
2020
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
2020
A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren
2020

Into Lonely Water
2020
Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
2020

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2019
Last Man Standing
2018
Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
2018

Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
2018
Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
2018

Connie
2016

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
Release the Hound!
2015
Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times
2014

VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
2014

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
2014

Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014

The Trail of Dracula
2013

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

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
2012

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
2011

The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
2011

Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
2011

All's Wells That Ends Wells
2011

One Hit Wonder
2011

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
2010

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
2010

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010

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

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

The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
2009
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
2008

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
2008
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
2008

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
2007
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
2007

The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
2007

The Cult of The Tripods
2006

The Cult of Star Cops
2006

The Cult of Doomwatch
2006

Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006

Shadows of Suspense
2006

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006

Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006

The Dalek Tapes
2006

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005

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

Fear in the Dark
1991