1989: The Bram Stoker Award (presented by the Horror Writers of America) for "Best Non Fiction 1989" ( Horror: 100 Best Books );

1990: British Science Fiction Award for "Best Short Fiction 1990" ( "The Original Dr. Shade" );

1992: The Children of the Night Award (presented by the Dracula Society) for "Best Novel 1992" ( Anno Dracula ).

1994: the Fiction Award of the Lord Ruthven Assembly for Anno Dracula.

1994: the International Horror Critics' Guild Award for Best Novel for Anno Dracula

1998: the International Horror Guild Award (1997) for Best Long Fiction for "Coppola's Dracula".

1999: Prix Ozone for Foreign Fantastic Novel for Anno Dracula (France).

2001: British Fantasy Award for Best Collection 2000. The winning book was: Where the Bodies Are Buried, published by Alchemy Press.

2006: Bram Stoker Award for Best Non Fiction 2005 (Horror: Another 100 Best Books - co-edited with Stephen Jones).

He has also been short-listed for the following awards:

British Fantasy Award (seven times)

Bram Stoker Award in the "Best Novel" category.

Hugo Award for the 2005 Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony.

International Horror Guild Award in the 'Long Fiction', and 'Non-Fiction' categories.

Sidewise Award for Alternate History for The Bloody Red Baron (1995), "Abdication Street" (1996), "Teddy Bears Picnic"(1997), "The Other Side of Midnight" (2000), and the 2005 Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony (2005).

World Fantasy Award (three times)

Gaslight and Ghosts (World Fantasy Con 1988), The International Directory of Films and Filmmakers: Films (St. James Press), The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Directors (St. James Press), The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Actors (St. James Press), The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Writers and Production Artists (St. James Press), The BFI Companion to the Western (Andre Deutsch), The Viking Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural (Penguin), The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror (Aurum Press), The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction (Aurum Press), The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: The Western (Aurum Press), St James Guide to fantasy Writers (St. James), BFI Dossier: David Cronenberg (BFI), The Virgin Film Yearbook: 1989 (WH Allen), The Film Yearbook: 1990 (Pan), Shock Xpress 1 (Titan), Shock Xpress 2 (Titan), Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden (Underwood & Miller), 100 Great Detectives (Xanadu), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (Little, Brown), Verikekkerit (Otava, Finland), The BFI Companion to Crime (BFI), The Time Out Guide: London, Shock: The Essential Guide to Exploitation Cinema (Titan), The Oxford History of World Cinema (OUP), Screen Violence (Bloomsbury), Secret City: Strange Tales fo London (World Fantasy Con 1997), Introduction to Les Edwards's Blood and Iron (GW Books), Batman: The Demon Awakes (Titan), Paul J. McAuley's The Invisible Country (Gollancz), Clicc Burn's The reality Machine (Black Dog Press), Jay Russell's Waltzes and Whispers (Pumpkin Press/Ziesing), Daniel O'Brien's SF-UK: How British Science Fiction Changed the World (Reynolds & Hearn), October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween (Cemetery Dance), Ten Years of Terror: British Horror Films of the 1970s (FAB Press), Film/Literature/Heritage: A Sight and Sound Reader (BFI), American Independent Cinema: A Sight and Sound Reader (BFI), Radio Times Guide to Science Fiction (BBC Worldwide), British Horror Cinema (Routledge), Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares (Plexus), Eaten Alive! Italian Cannibal and Zombie Films (Plexus), The Rough Guide to Cult TV (Rough Guides), Paradoxa No. 17: Horror (Paradoxa), A Pound of Paper (John Baxter), Eyeball Compendium (FAB Press), 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (Cassell), DVD Delirium Vol 2 (FAB Press), Scienceplusfiction 3 (Trieste), Creeping Flesh: The Horror Fantasy Film Book (HeadPress), Peter Jackson: From Gore to Mordor (Plexus), Brit Invaders! Il Cinema di Fantascienza Britannico (Lindau), The Ultimate Film (BFI), Hanging Out With The Dream King (Fantagraphics Books), Course Reader For Working in the Culture Industries (School of Social Scienes, Media and Cultural Studies), Cinema Macabre (PS Publishing), Contemporary American Cinema (McGraw-Hill), DVD Delirium Vol 3 (FAB Press), Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media (The MIT Press), Empire Film Guide (Virgin), Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion (BFI Publishing), Back to the Vortex: Second Flight: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who 2006 (Telos), The Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film, Vol 1 (Schirmer-Thompson/Gale), Travellers In Darkness: The Souvenir Book of the World Horror Convention 2007 (WHC), 100 European Horror Films (BFI).

Introductions to: Geoffrey Farringdon's The Revenants (Dedalus), Steven Jay Schneider's Fear Without Frontiers (FAB), Maurice Leblanc's Arsene Lupin Vs. Sherlock Holmes (Black Coat Press), The King of the Hill: Paul McAuley at 50.

Amityville II: The Possession

Kim and Stephen Jones did the audio commentary for this collector's edition of the second Amityville film.

Amityville 3-D

Kim and Stephen Jones did the audio commentary for this collector's edition of the third Amityville film.

Biggles: Adventures In Time

Kim wrote the text for the UK DVD insert.

The Bird With the Crystal Plumage

Alan Jones and Kim supplied the commentary track for the Anchor Bay, Region 1 edition of this DVD.

Conan the Destroyer

The Commentary track of this Scantuary, Region 2 DVD, features Kim, with Stephen Jones and Sarah Douglas.

Countess Dracula

Kim, Stephen Jones and Ingrid Pitt provide the commentary track for this Network, Region 2, edition of the DVD.

The Dead Zone

Kim did an audio commentary with Stephen Jones for the UK release of David Cronenberg's film from Sanctuary Video Entertainment.

Ghostwatch

The BFI has released the 1992 reality spoof Ghostwatch, for which Kim did the linear notes.

Halloween II

Kim did the audio commentary with Stephen Jones for the UK widescreen release of the second Halloween flick.

Halloween III

The audio commentary on the third installation of the Halloween series was done by Kim, and Stephen Jones.

Hands of the Ripper

Kim, Stephen Jones, and Angharad Rees recorded the commentary track for the Network, Region 2, edition of this DVD.

Hollywood's Legends of Horror Collection

Stephen Jones and Kim are on the commentary track for Mark of the Vampire.

The Kid Stays in the Picture

The text for the DVD insert was written by Kim.

Mark of the Vampire

Stephen Jones and Kim recorded the commentary track for the Warners Region 1 edition of this DVD.

The Medusa Touch

The commentary track on this Network Region 2 release of this DVD was provided by Kim, Stephen Jones, and Jack Gold.

The Mysterians

Kim wrote the linear notes for the BFI DVD release.

Notorious, The Paradine Case, Rebecca, and Spellbound

Kim appears in interview footage on the extras for the UK release from Pearson TV Video. It's the same interview on each DVD.

The Old Dark House

Stephen Jones and Kim recorded the commentary track for this Network Region 2 edition of this DVD.

The Possession of Joel Delaney

The commentary on this film was provided by Kim.

Primer

Linear notes on the Tartan edition of the film were written by Kim.

Rabid

The linear notes were written by Kim for the Metrodome edition of this film.

Reservoir Dogs

The Momentum edition of this film features linear notes written by Kim.

The Ring Trilogy Box Set

Kim wrote the film notes for the Japanese films, which are bundled together on a Tartan Asia Extreme box set.

The Shout

The DVD booklet and the commentary for this film were completed by Kim.

The Sorcerers

The Metrodome film has linear notes contributed by Kim.

The Stone Tape

Kim completed a DVD project, the BFI's release of The Stone Tape, a 1972 BBC-TV ghost story written by Nigel Kneale and directed by Peter Sasdy. He supervised the extras, and created a feature-length interview/commentary with Mr. Kneale for the DVD. It's available to buy from the BFI web site.

Straw Dogs

The insert booklet for this DVD release was written by Kim.

Twins of Evil

Kim wrote the DVD booklet for this DVD.

The Vanishing

The US DVD of The Vanishing, directed by George Sluizer, contains notes written by Kim.

The Val Lewton Horror Collection

Kim and Stephen Jones recorded the audio commentary for I Walked with a Zombie, as part of this 9-movie box set.

Witchfinder General

Kim contributed linear notes.

Whistle and I'll Come to You

In the UK release of this DVD, by the BFI, Kim wrote the liner notes.

Interviews on DVDs: The Year of the Sex Olympics (BFI), Batman Anthology (Warners), Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (Image), The Val Lewton Collection (Warners), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Universal), Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks (BBC), Fantomas (Artificial Eye), Adam Adamant Lives! (BBC), Double Indemnity (Warners), The Green Mile (Warners), Superman Anthology (Warners), Halloween: 25 Years of Terror, Film Noir Classic Collection Vol 3 (Warners), Frankenstein: Anniversary 75th Edition (Universal), Dracula: Frankenstein: Anniversary 75th Edition (Universal), Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius (BBC), Fox Creepy Classics (Fox), Popeye the Sailor Volume One (Warner Brothers), Witchfinder General (), Vincent Price Collection (), Halloween Ultimate Edition (Starz).

Appearances

Kim made a film appearence in Headcase (Clio Barnard, 1997)

Director

'Missing Girl' (Kim Newman, 2001)

This film was part of a challenge where three journalists were given a theme and a crew, and then told to create a film from scratch in under 24 hours. This short, short (100 seconds) stars Maribel Jimenez and Stephen Jones.

Scripts

(completed or in progress)

Anno Dracula

Cash & Carrie with Chris Wicking

Charm with Chris Wicking

The Darklings

Donna Mobile

Enchantress

An English Ghost Story

The Horror Film Murders with Chris Wicking

Missing Girl

"The Original Dr. Shade"

The Quorum

Amazon.co.uk, Arcadia, Beyond *, Big, Blood and Black Lace, The Big Issue, The Black Lagoon Bugle, Cable and Wireless Cable Guide *, Cable Guide *, City Limits *, Crime Time, The Dark Side, Delirium, Empire (contributing Editor), Entertainment Plus, The Evening Standard: Hot Tickets, Event South West, Eyeball, Fangoria, Fear *, Film Extremes, Filmmaker Magazine, Film Monthly *, Flesh & Blood, Flicks, Foundation, Fortean Times, The Gate *, The Good Times*, The Guardian, Halls of Horror *, Home Cinema Choice, The Horror Collection, i-KON *, The Independent, Insight, Interzone, Invasion of the Sad Man Eating Mushrooms *, The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, Killing Moon, Kino, Knave, The List, Little Shoppe of Horrors, Match of the Day, Meoldy Maker, Million (Associate Editor) *, Mirabella *, MixMag, Mojo, Monthly Film Bulletin *, More, Movies, My Movies, NME, The New Statesman, The New York Review of Science Fiction, The Official Newsletter of the Horror Writers Association, The Observer, Premiere, Prime Time*, Q, Ripperologist, Samhain *, Scapegoat: The Anti-Censorship Magazine*, The Scotsman, The Scream Factory, SFX, SFX-CD*, Sheep Worrying *, Shivers, Shock Xpress*, Sight and Sound (contributing editor), Smash Hits *, The Sunday Mail, Speakeasy *, Starburst, The Sunday Correspondent *, The Sunday Times, Take 1, Time Out, The Times, TV Zone, 20/20 *, Unrated: Cinema of the Extreme, Vector, Venue, Venue Cardiff *, Video Watchdog, What's On in Birmingham, Zap *, Zoo.

* Indicates that the publication is now defunct.

Appearances

America: The Movie (Radio 4), The Andrew Collins Show (BBC Radio 6), Anita Anand (BBC Radio 5 Live), Arts Caf& (BBC Radio Scotland), Arts Extra (BBC Radio Ulster), BFBS Worldwide (Radio 5), The Breakfast Show (BBC Asian Network), Brian Hayes (Radio 5 Live), The Brian Morton Show (Radio Scotland), Brief Lives (Radio 5 Live), Celluloid Scientists (Radio 4), Cinema Apocalyptica (BBC Radio 3), Cinema 2 (Radio 2), Classic Storylines: Frankenstein (BBC Radio 4), Cold Comfort (BBC World Service), The Creative Review (Resonance FM), Emma Freud (Radio 1), E-Yada.Com (US Radio), 5 Aside (Radio 5), The Film Programme (BBC Radio 4), The Film Show (BBC World Service), Freaks, Lies and Celluloid (Radio 4), The Fred McAuley Show (BBC Radio Scotland), Front Row (Radio 4), A Game of Two Halves (Radio 5), Good Books (BBC World Service), Gloria Hunniford (Radio 2), The Gordan Astley Show (BBC Midlands Radio), The Guest List (Radio 1), I'm Ready for My Close-Up (Resonance FM - podcast available), Imagining Albion (Radio 4), In Tune (Radio 3), Inventing Liz Greene (BBC Radio North), The Janice Long Show (Radio 1), The John Dunne Show (Radio 2), Kaleidoscope (Radio 4), Last Word (Radio 4), Late Books (BBC2), The Late Show (BBC2), Left on the Shelf (Radio 4), Limerick Today (Eire), Macaulay & Co (BBC Radio Scotland), Mal Pope & Co. (Radio Wales), The Mark Radcliffe Show (Radio 1 - regular tri-weekly slot), Meridian (BBC World Service), The Message (BBC Radio 4), Mix (Radio 5), Monsters (BBC World Service), Movies and Shakers (BBC Radio Scotland), The Movie Show (Washington DC Radio), My Life as a Dalek (BBC Radio 4*), The Oneword Countdown (Oneword Radio), On Screen (BBC World Service), An Open Book (BBC Radio 4), Outlook (BBC World Service), PM (Radio 4), Questions Questions (BBC Radio 4), The Radio Scotland Arts Program (BBC Radio Scotland), Richard Bacon (BBC Radio 5 Live), Roy Noble & Co. (Radio Wales), Shop Talk (Radio 4), Speaking Volumes (Radio 2), Spine Chillers (Radio5), Sunday (BBC Radio 4), Talking Pictures (Radio 4), Tech (Now.com), The Ticket (BBC World Service), Today (Radio 4), The Ultimate Preview (BBC Radio 5), The Usual Suspects (BBC Radio Scotland), Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4), World of Books (BBC World Service), Word of Mouth (BBC Radio 4), The World Today (BBC World Service).
* This radio documentary has been released on CD in a Daleks tin box set with CDs of the stories 'Evil of the Daleks' and 'Power of the Daleks'

Scripts

Dicing With Dragons (Radio 4).

Film in the Forties: Part 4, "Out of the Shadows - Val Lewton" (Radio 3)

'Mildew Manor' on the BBC's Cult Vampire Magazine - a full cast performance of the short story.

"The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer" (Radio 2)

Appearances

100 Greatest Chases (Channel 4), 100 Greatest Family Films (Channel 4), 100 Greatest Films of all Time (Channel 4), 100 Greatest Scary Moments (Channel 4), The 100 Greatest Tear-Jerkers (Channel 4), The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (Bravo US), Alien Hand Syndrome (Channel 5), Art Beat (TV5), An A to Z of the End of the World (Channel 4), Behind the Headlines (BBC 2), The Best of British Film (BBC 2), The Big Breakfast (Channel 4), Behind the Headlines (BBC2), The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves (Channel 4)*, Bookworm (BBC2), Box Office (Channel 4 Daily, regular film reviewer 1989-1992), Branded X (Sky Movies Gold), British Film Forever (BBC2), Burning Books (Channel 4), The Cinema Show (BBC 4), The Cinema Show: The Strange World of Planet UK (BBC 4), Cover to Cover (BBC2), The Cult of ... (BBC4), The Curse of the Omen (Channel 4), The Decade That Was... (Channel 5), Dr. Terror Presents (BBC1), The DVD Collection (BBC 4), Edinburgh Nights (BBC2), Enter the Dragons (Channel 4), Eurotica (Channel 4), EuroTrash (Channel 4), Exclusive! (Channel 5), Fear in the Dark (Channel 4), Film '02 (BBC1), The Film Club (BBC2), Film 88 (BBC 1), Film Night (BBC1), 5 News Early (Channel 5), GLR News (GLR), The Gordan Astley Show (BBC Midlands Radio), Greatest Ever Scary Movies (Channel 5), H.G. Wells and Me (BBC4), The History of SciFi (BBC4), Hooked on Horror (Channel 4), How Sci-Fi Changed the World (The Discovery Channel), I Love the 1970s (BBC2), Inside Tracks (BBC Choice), Inventing Monsters (BBC Knowledge), Kilroy (BBC1), Kino (BBC Knowledge), Late Books (BBC2), The Late Show (BBC2), The Little Picture Show (Carlton), The Loafers (BBC Digital), Late Show (BBC 2), The Little Picture Show (Carlton), The Making of Hellboy (Channel 5), The Martians and Us (BBC4), The Media Show (BBC2), Meridian (BBC World Service), The Movie Show (BSkyB), Movie Talk (BSkyB), Moving Pictures (BBC2), News24 (BBC-TV), Night Network (ITV), Nightwatch (Channel 4), Not as Good as the Book (Channel 4), Peter Curran (BBC GLR), Prisoners of Gravity (TV Ontario), Pulp (Channel 4), Reading the Decades (BBC2), Pure (BBC3), Regency House (Channel 4), Regency House Party (Channel 4), Reviews You Can Use (BBC Digital), Right to Reply (Channel 4), Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation (Channel 5), Saturday Review (BBC2), Screen Time (Meridian TV), The Sean Hughes Show (GLR), Special Feature: Sci Fi in the Movies (BSkyB), SF-UK: How British Science Fiction Changed the World (Channel 4), Space Cadets (Channel 4), The Story of Sci-Fi (BBC 4), Stephen King (SciFi Channel), Sky Movies Noir Special (Sky Movies), A Study in Sherlock : Time Shift (BBC 4), Style Café (EBN), 3001 (Bravo), Timeshift: Parallel Worlds (BBC 4), TV's Greatest Cars (Sky 1), Video View (ITV), War Stories (BBC4), What's New? (Granada), Where Have All The Real Men Gone?(BBC2), Wide-Angle (Central), Zone Horror Channel.
*This TV documentary appeared on the DVD releases of Witchfinder General and The Sorcerers.

Scripts

"The Hero Strikes Back" (Signals, 1990, Channel 4)

The Vault of Horror (1992, BBC2)

Dr. Terror's Vault of Horror (1993, BBC1)

Dr. Terror Presents (1996, BBC1)

Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Scream (1998)

A Study in Sherlock : Time Shift (BBC 4, 2005) - co-written.

TV Adaptations

Week Woman

Kim's short story of the same name was an episode in the second season of the Canadian TV series The Hunger (1999). It was adapted by Terry Curtis Fox, and directed by Daniel Grou. It starred David LaHaye and Brooke Smith. It's now available in the The Hunger: Series 2 DVD box set.