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The Kim Newman Web Site | writer. critic. broadcaster. journalist.
The Kim Newman Web Site
writer. critic. broadcaster. journalist.
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- Millennium Movies
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- Science Fiction/Horror: A Sight and Sound Reader
- Horror: Another 100 Best Books
- Horror: The Definitive Guide to the Cinema of Fear
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Latest Post
New Kim Newman novel – Model Actress Whatever
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Here’s the cover of my new novel – due from Titan Books May 2026.
Featured Posts
To commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Anno Dracula, Titan are publishing a special edition.
My latest novel, Something More Than Night, out from Titan Books.
Here are my notes on several years of FrightFest films. It’s updated as new reviews go live.
My sister Sasha and I share this in memory of our parents, the potters Bryan and Julia Newman.
All episodes of Secrets of Cinema will be on the BBC i-Player for an extended period. Episode One The Rom-Com Episode Two The Heist Episode Three Coming of Age Episode Four Science Fiction Episode Five Horror Here’s a Kermode Uncut vlog where Mark Kermode and I talk about Secrets of Cinema, the BBC4 documentary series … Continue reading →
… on Letterboxd. Start ticking off all the films in the Kim Newman’s Video Dungeon book as you see them. And marvel at the poster images. There’s a similar listing for Nightmare Movies.
I’ve posted a lot of old photos from the theatre and music stuff I did with Sheep Worrying Enterprises in and around Bridgwater in the ’70s and early ’80s. Useful comments/explanations on the a Facebook album version.
On the web
- Your Daily Dracula – Ken Ogaka, Dorakiyura Yore Ai-O (My Soul is Slashed) (1991) (more…)
- I appear on the Cineversary podcast, discussing Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946).
- Your Daily Dracula – Jerry Cormier Jr as ‘Drak’, Franky and His Pals (1990) (more…)
- My Empire review of Silent Night Deadly Night (2025) is online.
- Your Daily Dracula – Pepper Martin, Ghost Fever (1987) (more…)
- My SciFiNow review of Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is online.
- I am interviewed in this edition of the Scarred for Life podcast. I discuss media which gave me nightmares as a child - including this issue of Batman, a BBC radio HG Wells serial and the Macra on Doctor Who.
- My Sight & Sound review of Wake Up Dead Man A Knives Out Mystery is online.
- My Empire review of Primitive War is online.
- My Sight & Sound review of Game is online.
- My notes on Sisu Road to Revenge (more…)
- My SciFiNow review of Keeper is online.
- Your Daily Dracula – Tim Lee, Dracula’s Bride of Horror (2022) (more…)
- Your Daily Dracula - Forrest McClain as ‘the Pale Man’, Abraham’s Boys (2024) (more…)
- FrightFest Halloween Review - Mag Mag (more…)
- FrightFest Halloween review - Coyotes (more…)
- Cam Sehpa (The Turkish Coffee Table) (2025) (more…)
- FrightFest Halloween review - Posthouse (more…)
- FrightFest Halloween Review - Affection (more…)
- FrightFest Halloween Review – Dolly (more…)
- My Sight & Sound review of Relay is online.
- Deathgasm II Goremageddon (more…)
- FrightFest Halloween review - Primate (more…)
- FrightFest Halloween review - Every Heavy Thing (more…)
- I've contributed to the Shelfies online feature edited by Lavie Tidhar and Jared Shuren.
- Your Daily Dracula - Octavi Pujades, Vampiras The Brides (2022) (more…)
- Your Daily Dracula – Tim Lies, Dracula Vampyre in Beijing (2016) (more…)
- My ScifiNow review of Black Phone 2 is online.
- My notes on Frankenstein (2025) (more…)
- My Sight & Sound review of Good Boy is online.
- At the premiere of the restored version of The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), I was on a panel discussion with Lucy Bolton, Wayne Drew, Melvyn Hayes, Mike Muncer and David Pirie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFcwv3qCUVQ
- Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue is back in UK cinemas ahead of its 4K disc release. Here's my Empire review.
- Your Daily Dracula – Yildirim Gencer, Malkoçoğlu Krallara Karşı (1967) (more…)
- Your Daily Dracula – Caleb Landry Jones, Dracula (2025) (more…)
- The Man in My Basement (more…)
- My SciFi Now review of The Conjuring: Last Rites is online.
- Your Daily Dracula - John V. Glover, The House of Van Helsing (2023) (more…)
- My SciFiNow review of The Toxic Avenger (2023) is online.
- FrightFest review – Influencers (more…)
- FrightFest review - The Serpent’s Skin (2025) (more…)
- Gill (more…)
- FrightFest review - The Rows (more…)
- FrightFest review – The Weed Eaters (more…)
- FrightFest review - Sick Puppy (more…)
- FrightFest review - Above the Knee (more…)
- FrightFest review - Mother of Flies (more…)
- FrightFest review - A Blind Bargain (2025) (more…)
- FrightFest review - The Other People (more…)
- FrightFest review - Odyssey (2025) (more…)
- FrightFest review - Redux Redux (more…)
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- Your Daily Dracula – Ken Ogaka, Dorakiyura Yore Ai-O (My Soul is Slashed) (1991)
- Cineversary podcast – Notorious (1946)
- Your Daily Dracula – Jerry Cormier Jr as ‘Drak’, Franky and His Pals (1990)
- Film review – Silent Night Deadly Night (2025)
- Your Daily Dracula – Pepper Martin, Ghost Fever (1987)
- Film review – Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
- Scarred for Life
- Film review – Wake Up Dead Man A Knives Out Mystery
- Film review – Primitive War
- Film review – Game (2025)
- Film review – Sisu Road to Revenge
- Film review – Keeper
- Your Daily Dracula – Tim Lee, Dracula’s Bride of Horror (2022)
- Your Daily Dracula – Forrest McClain as ‘the Pale Man’, Abraham’s Boys (2024)
- FrightFest Halloween Review – Mag Mag
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