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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 31, 1959 (67)
- London, England, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 4 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
Known for
What are Kim Newman's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kim Newman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Kim Newman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
22 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 67 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Amazing Mr Blunden(2021)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Censor(2021)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
A Place Among the Dead(2020)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all filmsTactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Last Man Standing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Kim Newman on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Remembering 'Dead of Night' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Heavenly Creatures: Looking Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Übermensch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
British Film Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Cult of The Tripods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Cult of Star Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Cult of Doomwatch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
The Hunger(1997)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Eurotrash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Career shape
Star power in the 8th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 22 titles from 1993 to 2021.
Film career
- 2021Screen debut· The Amazing Mr. Blunden
How do Kim Newman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kim Newman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kim Newman's MovieCove titles; Constantine Nasr shares the most, 2.
- Constantine NasrShared titles: Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger (2012), Karloff, the Gentle Monster (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Constantine Nasr
