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.
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
⭐ 0Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
⭐ 6A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
⭐ 0The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
⭐ 7Into Lonely Water
⭐ 0The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
⭐ 0The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
⭐ 8Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
⭐ 9.4Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
⭐ 0Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
⭐ 0The Amazing Mr. Blunden
⭐ 6.275Lugosi: The Dark Prince
⭐ 8Mark of the Times
⭐ 0Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
⭐ 0He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
⭐ 9Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
⭐ 7Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story
⭐ 0Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
⭐ 5.6Dracula Unearthed
⭐ 7Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
⭐ 0A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
⭐ 8Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
⭐ 0Break-Neck Brilliance: A New Era of Jackie Chan and Skeleton-Shattering Stunts
⭐ 0Scala!!!
⭐ 7.857The Kneale Tapes
⭐ 0From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
⭐ 5.7The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
⭐ 0Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
⭐ 7Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
⭐ 5.8Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification
⭐ 7VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
⭐ 5The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
⭐ 4.3Connie
⭐ 0Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
⭐ 10Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33
⭐ 10Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List A-L
⭐ 0Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z
⭐ 0The Trail of Dracula
⭐ 10Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
⭐ 6.9Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
⭐ 0Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
⭐ 7.1Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
⭐ 6.6Remembering 'Dead of Night'
⭐ 6.5Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
⭐ 5.5Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle
⭐ 0Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back
⭐ 0Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
⭐ 6.5Last Man Standing
⭐ 0Tales of the Uncanny
⭐ 7.1The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves
⭐ 0Karloff: The Gentle Monster
⭐ 8Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
⭐ 6.8Video Nasties: Draconian Days
⭐ 7.5Release the Hound!
⭐ 0Man In the Attic: The Making of "The Lodger"
⭐ 7Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
⭐ 7The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
⭐ 7Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
⭐ 0The Emmanuelle Effect
⭐ 0A Place Among the Dead
⭐ 3.5Shadows of Suspense
⭐ 0Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
⭐ 0Scala Interviews
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