“I’ve been asked to select ideal Halloween viewing from Criterion’s extensive catalog,” writes the novelist, critic, broadcaster, and all-around horror maven Kim Newman. “In the interests of not incriminating myself, I’ve stayed away from releases I’ve had a hand in . . . so no Diabolique, The Blob, Vampyr, or The Vanishing. I’ve opted for spookiness and shivers rather than all-out horrors, and strayed a little away from the expected paths of terror and toward personal favorites.” Newman’s books include the Anno Dracula series and Nightmare Movies. He is a contributing editor at Sight & Sound and Empire magazines and also writes for Video Watchdog.
Biography via Criterion.
