Kim Newman

An hour of interviews about the iconic British cinema.

Commemorates 100 years since the release of the German classic, Nosferatu, by FW Murnau, and explores the general fascination of Count Dracula, a ...

A revealing insight into the short life and times of Michael Reeves.

This is the first and only feature-length documentary on the life and cinema of the late Jorge Grau, who is most famous for his classic ...

The very first feature-length discussion and breakdown of the entire “Emmanuelle” phenomenon – the atmosphere in Europe that ...

Produced for the “ultimate edition” of “Rollerball” from Capelight Pictures in Germany, 2020. The Blu-Ray of the original ...

A documentary on the life and career of the legendary British exploitation film director Norman J. Warren, who gained a name for himself in the ...

A series of interviews about the cult Public Information Film “The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water”

Newman covers a lot of ground in under a half hour, including Let’s Scare Jessica to Death’s connections to Hammer Horror, vampire ...

Feature length documentary on the cult sub-genre featuring interviews with Dyanne ‘Ilsa’ Thorne, Malissa ‘Elsa’ Longo, filmmakers Sergio Garrone, ...

The critic Kim Newman discussing ‘The End of the World Through the Years’. Newman covers the modern fascination with doomsday scenarios, ...

An analysis by the critic and author of Wild West Movies.

Offers some nice background on Japanese horror in general and this trilogy in particular, delivered with Newman’s typical enthusiasm and humor.

Dolly Diggs needs a voice and Connie needs a body, but she’s nobody’s puppet… Who’s the dummy in the dead of night?

Documentary on the making of Hammer’s adaptation of “The Hound of the Baskervilles”.

A documentary about the ‘new wave’ of British horror directors and their films in the 1960s and 1970s.

A feature length documentary shot over 9 months taking a look at the explosion of movies that became available on VHS in the UK.

Retrospective documentary on the British horror anthology classic Dead of Night (1945).

Diabolical. Seductive. Immortal. Vampires have been an icon of evil in folklore and popular culture for more than three centuries, yet only one ...

The shocking true story behind the making of Hammer Films notorious vampire saga.

Retrospective on The Nightmare On Elm Street Series.

Lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship, this programme has unique access to the files of the British Board of Film Classification. ...

In this fascinating and well executed documentary film theorist and cult expert Xavier Mendik places “Cannibal Holocaust” in a ...

Film critic Kim Newman, Total Film news editor Rosie Fletcher, and film critic Alan Jones discuss Heavenly Creatures and the story the film ...

What separates one-off monsters such as the Monoids from eternal favourites like the Daleks? This short documentary tries to answer this ...

The First Doctor was the kind of scientist and adventurer popularised by the novels of H. G. Wells. But how much does Doctor Who owe to the ...

A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called “video nasties” caused in Britain during the 1980s.

A short documentary about the classic Universal Monster actor, Lon Chaney, Jr.

A documentary produced for Universal about their early Wolf Man film(s)

Film critic Kim Newman introduces a new series of DVDs and Blu-ray disc releases by BFI showcasing little known British films.