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Norman John Warren (25 June 1942 – 11 March 2021) was an English film director best known for such 1970s horror films as Satan's Slave (1976), Prey (1977) and Terror (1978).[1] Warren is also known for sex comedies such as Outer Touch (also known as Outer Spaced and Spaced Out, 1979).[2][3][4][5]

Norman J. Warren
Born	Norman John Warren (1942-06-25)25 June 1942 Hammersmith, London, England
Died	11 March 2021(2021-03-11) (aged 78)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Film director, editor, producer
Years active	1959–2021
Notable work	Satan's Slave (1976) Prey (1977) Terror (1978) Outer Touch (1979) Inseminoid (1981)
Style	Horror Science fiction Sex comedy

Along with the films of Pete Walker, Warren's movies are sometimes dubbed "New Wave" British horror, on the basis that they upped the ante in terms of sexual explicitness and gore from that of the Hammer and Amicus productions that dominated the genre in UK cinema up to the early 1970s.

Life and career

An avid film fan from childhood, Warren entered the film industry as a runner on The Millionairess (1960) and as an assistant director (The Dock Brief, 1962) before directing the short film Fragment (1965). Calcutta-born Bachoo Sen (1934–2002), owner of the Astral Cinema in Brewer Street, London, who had an interest in film production, saw Fragment and subsequently hired Warren to direct two feature-length sex films, Her Private Hell (1968) and Loving Feeling (1969). Both were successes, but Warren saw little of the profits.

Not wanting to be typecast as a director of sex films, Warren turned down a third directing offer from Sen (Love is a Splendid Illusion, 1970) and had to wait several years to raise the money required to make Satan's Slave (1976), the first of a series of horror films that he directed. Warren's final two films, Bloody New Year and Gunpowder (both 1987), were hampered by low budgets imposed by producer Maxine Julius.

Although Warren did not release a feature film between 1987 and 2016, he continued to work in the industry directing music videos and educational short films such as Person to Person, a BBC film designed for students of English. His horror films developed a following, culminating in the making of Evil Heritage, a 1999 documentary about his work, and the release of a DVD box set in 2004.

In 2007, Warren worked on the supplementary features for the Region 1 DVD releases of Corridors of Blood (1958), The Haunted Strangler (1958) and First Man into Space (1959). He was a regular guest at Manchester's Festival of Fantastic Films.

In 2016, Warren announced whilst being interviewed by journalist Steve Green[6] that he was in post-production on a new feature film, a thriller set in London's Chinatown. The completion of Susu was confirmed at Birmingham FearFest in May 2017, at which Warren was a guest of honour.[7]

Warren died on 11 March 2021, aged 78. His manager said he had been in poor health for a year prior.[8]

Filmography

• Incident (1959, completed 2007) (short; director, editor)
• The Millionairess (1960) (runner)
• The Dock Brief (1962) (third assistant director)
• Drinkin' Time (1963) (short; director, editor, cinematographer, actor)
• Shellarama (1965) (documentary short; assistant editor)
• Fragment (1965) (short; director, editor)
• Night of the Generals (1966) (third assistant director)
• The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) (third assistant director)
• Her Private Hell (1967) (director, editor)
• Loving Feeling (1968) (director, editor)
• Rod the Mod (1970) (assistant editor)
• Oink! (1970) (editor)
• Satan's Slave (1976) (director, editor)
• Prey (1977) (director)
• Terror (1978) (director, sound editor)
• Outer Touch (a.k.a. Spaced Out and Outer Spaced, 1979) (director)
• Inseminoid (a.k.a. Horror Planet, 1980) (director)
• Warbirds Air Display (1984) (documentary short; director, editor)
• Gunpowder (1986) (director)
• Bloody New Year (1987) (director, writer)
• Meath School (1992) (producer, director)
• Buzz (1993) (director, editor)
• Doing Rude Things (1995) (TV movie documentary; interviewee)
• Evil Heritage (1999) (documentary short; interviewee, subject)
• Christopher Lee: a Life in Films (2003) (TV movie documentary; post-production supervisor)
• Corridor Gossip (2007 video) (2007) (documentary short; cinematographer)
• Haunted Memories (2007 video) (2007) (documentary short; cinematographer)
• Making Space (2007) (documentary short; cinematographer)
• Horror Icon (2007) (documentary; interviewee)
• Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film (2008) (documentary; interviewee)
• Norman J. Warren Presents: Horrorshow (2008) (short; host)
• Grave Tales (2009) (promotional director)
• Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2010) (documentary; interviewee)
• Daddy Cross (2011) (voice-over)
• Daddy Cross: The Ten Commandments (2012) (voice-over)
• The Devil Made Them Do It (2013) (teaser-sample)
• Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J. Warren and the Ghost (2013) (short; produced with Xiaoxiao Sun)
• Mark of the Times (2013) (interviewee)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Discussing the Pod (2013) (panel contributor)
• 9.5mm Film Documentary (2014) (documentary; interviewee)
• Susu (2017) (producer / executive producer)
• Dr. Balden Cross: Beyond the Void (2018) (short; cameo appearance)

References

Bibliography

• Gods In Polyester, or, a Survivors' Account of 70's Cinema Obscura (2004, Succubus Press) (contributed pieces on Satan's Slave, Prey, Terror and Inseminoid)
• Gods In Spandex, or, a Survivors' Account of 80's Cinema Obscura (2007, Succubus Press) (contributed pieces on Bloody New Year and Gunpowder)

External links

• Norman J. Warren at IMDb
• Norman J. Warren at AllMovie
• Blood, Breasts, Beasts and British Cinema: an Interview with Cult Film Director Norman J. Warren at Rock! Shock! Pop!
• Interview at Fangoria.com, Part 1
• Interview at Fangoria.com, Part 2
• Norman J. Warren Interviewed At Rock! Shock! Pop!
• Interview at CinemaNocturna.com
• Interview at EatMyBrains.com
• Interview at HollywoodInvestigator.com
• Podcast (MP3)

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