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| - | '''Norman John Warren''', born [[25 June]] [[1942]] in London, is a British film director best known for 1970s horror films such as ''Satan’s Slave'' (1976), ''Prey'' (1978) and ''Terror'' (1979). An avid film fan from childhood, Warren entered the film industry as a runner on ''[[The Millionairess]]'' and as an assistant director (''The Dock Brief'', 1962) before directing the short film ''Fragment'' in 1965. Calcutta-born Bachoo Sen (1934-2002), owner of the Astral cinema in Brewer Street who had an interest in film production, saw ''Fragment'' and subsequently hired Warren to direct two feature length sex films. Both (''Her Private Hell'', ''Loving Feeling'') were huge successes, but Warren saw little of the profits. | + | '''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 film)|Satan's Slave]]'' (1976), ''[[Prey (1977 film)|Prey]]'' (1977) and ''[[Terror (1978 film)|Terror]]'' (1978). Warren is also known for [[Sex comedy|sex comedies]] such as ''[[Outer Touch]]'' (also known as ''Outer Spaced'' and ''Spaced Out'', 1979). |
| - | Not wanting to be typecast as a sex film director, Warren turned down a third directing offer from Sen (which would have been 1969’s ''Love Is a Splendid Illusion'') and had to wait several years before being able to raise the capital to make ''Satan’s Slave'', the first of a series of horror films that Warren would direct. Along with Peter Walker, Warren’s films are sometimes dubbed “New Wave” British horror, on account that they upped the ante in terms of explicitness, were set in modern day 1970s Britain and centered around 20-30 aged protagonists, differing them from the predominantly period piece horrors of Hammer Films Productions that had gone before. Warren’s final two films, ''Bloody New Year'' and ''Gunpowder'' (both 1987), were hampered by severe low budgets imposed by producer Maxine Julius. | + | Along with the films of [[Pete Walker (director)|Pete Walker]], Warren's movies are sometimes dubbed "[[British New Wave|New Wave]]" British horror, on the basis that they upped the ante in terms of sexual explicitness and gore from that of the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] and [[Amicus Films|Amicus]] productions that dominated the genre in UK cinema up to the early 1970s. |
| - | Although Warren has not directed a feature film since, he continues to work directing music videos and educational shorts like Person to Person, a BBC film designed for English language students, and his horror films have developed a cult following resulting in ‘Evil Heritage’, a documentary about Warren made in 1999 and a DVD box set of his films being released in 2004. In 2007 Warren worked on the supplementary features for the Region 1 DVD releases of ''[[First Man into Space]]'', ''[[Corridors of Blood]]'' and ''[[The Haunted Strangler]]''. A regular guest at Manchester's [[Festival of Fantastic Films (UK)|Festival of Fantastic Films]], Warren suffered from polio as a child and as a result only has one functioning arm. | + | ==Life and career== |
| - | A 2006 biography of Warren had to be abandoned when the author’s cat destroyed his computer’s hard drive. | + | 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'' in 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 in film|sex films]], ''[[Her Private Hell]]'' (1968) and ''[[Loving Feeling]]'' (1969). Both were successes, but Warren saw little of the profits. |
| - | Two of Warren’s actresses would later become the subjects of high profile separation/divorce cases. [[Glory Annen]] aka Glory Ann Clibbery who appeared in Warren’s Prey (1978) and Outer Touch (1979) was involved in the landmark Family Law case “Allan v. Clibbery”. While [[Tricia Walsh]] (aka Tricia Walsh-Smith) who appeared in Terror (1979), recently became an internet star on account of her Youtube videos attacking her estranged husband. A framed still of her bloody demise in Terror can be seen hanging on her office wall in one of her Youtube videos. | + | Not wanting to be [[Typecasting (acting)|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 film)|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 film]]s such as ''Person to Person'', a [[BBC]] film designed for [[English as a foreign or second language|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 [[DVD region code#Region codes and countries|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]]. | ||
| - | == Filmography == | + | In 2016, Warren announced whilst being interviewed by journalist [[Steve Green (journalist)|Steve Green]] 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. |
| - | * ''Incident'' (1959, completed 2007) (director / editor) | + | Warren died on 11 March 2021 at the age of 78. |
| - | * ''[[The Millionairess]]'' (1960) (runner) | + | |
| - | * ''The Dock Brief '' (1962) (third assistant director) | + | |
| - | * ''Shellarama'' (1965) (assistant editor) | + | |
| - | * ''Fragment'' (1965) (director / editor) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Night of the Generals]]'' (1966) (third assistant director) | + | |
| - | * ''Sailor from Gibraltar'' (1967) (third assistant director) | + | |
| - | * ''Her Private Hell'' (1967) (director / editor) | + | |
| - | * ''Loving Feeling'' (1968) (director / editor) | + | |
| - | * ''Rod the Mod'' (197?) (assistant editor) | + | |
| - | * ''Oink!'' (197?) (editor) | + | |
| - | * ''Satan’s Slave'' (1976) (director / editor) | + | |
| - | * ''Prey'' (1978) | + | |
| - | * ''Outer Touch'' (1979) | + | |
| - | * ''Terror'' (1979) (director / sound editor) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Inseminoid]]'' (1981) | + | |
| - | * ''Warbirds Air Display'' (1984) (director / editor) | + | |
| - | * ''Person to Person'' (1985) | + | |
| - | * ''Gunpowder'' (1987) | + | |
| - | * ''Bloody New Year'' (1987) | + | |
| - | * ''Meath School' (1992) (producer / director) | + | |
| - | * ''Buzz' (1993) (director / editor) | + | |
| - | * ''Doing Rude Things'' (1995) (interviewee) | + | |
| - | * ''Evil Heritage'' (1999) (interviewee/subject) | + | |
| - | * ''Christopher Lee: A Life in Films'' (2003) (post-production supervisor) | + | |
| - | * ''Corridor Gossip'' (2007) | + | |
| - | * ''Haunted Memories'' (2007) | + | |
| - | * ''Making Space'' (2007) | + | |
| - | * ''Horror Icon'' (2007) (interviewee) | + | |
| - | * ''Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film'' (2008) (interviewee) | + | |
| - | * ''Norman J. Warren Presents: Horrorshow' (2008) (host) | + | |
| - | == Bibliography == | + | ==Filmography== |
| + | * ''[[Incident (1959 film)|Incident]]'' (1959, completed 2007) (director, editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Millionairess]]'' (1960) ([[Television crew#Runner|runner]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Dock Brief]]'' (1962) ([[Assistant director#Sub-roles|third assistant director]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Shellarama]]'' (1965) (assistant editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Fragment (film)|Fragment]]'' (1965) (director, editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Night of the Generals]]'' (1966) (third assistant director) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sailor from Gibraltar]]'' (1967) (third assistant director) | ||
| + | * ''[[Her Private Hell]]'' (1968) (director, editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Loving Feeling]]'' (1969) (director, editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Rod the Mod]]'' (1970) (assistant editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Oink! (film)|Oink!]]'' (1970) (editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Satan's Slave (1976 film)|Satan's Slave]]'' (1976) (director, editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Prey (1977 film)|Prey]]'' (1977) | ||
| + | * ''[[Terror (1978 film)|Terror]]'' (1978) (director, sound editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Outer Touch]]'' (a.k.a. ''Spaced Out'' and ''Outer Spaced'', 1979) | ||
| + | * ''[[Inseminoid]]'' (a.k.a. ''Horror Planet'', 1981) | ||
| + | * ''[[Warbirds Air Display]]'' (1984) (director, editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Person to Person (film)|Person to Person]]'' (1985) | ||
| + | * ''[[Gunpowder (film)|Gunpowder]]'' (1986) | ||
| + | * ''[[Bloody New Year]]'' (1987) | ||
| + | * ''[[Meath School]]'' (1992) (producer, director) | ||
| + | * ''[[Buzz (1993 film)|Buzz]]'' (1993) (director, editor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Doing Rude Things]]'' (1995) (interviewee) | ||
| + | * ''[[Evil Heritage]]'' (1999) (interviewee, subject) | ||
| + | * ''[[Christopher Lee: a Life in Films]]'' (2003) (post-production supervisor) | ||
| + | * ''[[Corridor Gossip]]'' (2007) | ||
| + | * ''[[Haunted Memories]]'' (2007) | ||
| + | * ''[[Making Space]]'' (2007) | ||
| + | * ''[[Horror Icon]]'' (2007) (interviewee) | ||
| + | * ''[[Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film]]'' (2008) (interviewee) | ||
| + | * ''[[Norman J. Warren Presents: Horrorshow]]'' (2008) (host) | ||
| + | * ''[[Grave Tales]]'' (2009) (promotional director) | ||
| + | * ''[[Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever]]'' (2010) (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) (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) (interviewee) | ||
| + | *'' Susu'' (2017) (producer / executive producer) | ||
| + | *''[[Dr. Balden Cross: Beyond The Void]]'' (2018) (Cameo appearance) | ||
| - | * ''[[Gods In Polyester]], Or, A Survivors' Account of 70's Cinema Obscura'' (2004/Succubus Press) | + | ==Bibliography== |
| - | -Warren contributed pieces on '''''Satan's Slave''''', '''''Terror''''', '''''Prey''''' and '''''Inseminoid'''''. | + | * ''[[Gods In Polyester]], or, a Survivors' Account of 70's Cinema Obscura'' (2004, [[Succubus Press]]) (contributed pieces on ''[[Satan's Slave (1976 film)|Satan's Slave]]'', ''[[Prey (1977 film)|Prey]]'', ''[[Terror (1978 film)|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'') | ||
| - | * ''Gods In Spandex, Or, A Survivors' Account of 80's Cinema Obscura'' (2007/Succubus Press) | ||
| - | -Warren contributed pieces on '''''Bloody New Year''''' and '''''Gunpowder'''''. | ||
| - | ==References== | + | ==Pages linking in as of March 2021== |
| - | + | [[Aero Theatre]], [[Ava Cadell]], [[BFI Flipside]], [[Bloody New Year]], [[Candace Glendenning]], [[Cinema X]], [[David McGillivray (screenwriter)]], [[Derek Ford]], [[Françoise Pascal]], [[Glory Annen]], [[Gods in Polyester]], [[Grave Tales]], [[Her Private Hell]], [[Inseminoid]], [[Jackie Lee (Irish singer)]], [[James Aubrey (actor)]], [[John Scott (composer)]], [[Killer's Moon]], [[Loving Feeling]], [[Michael Craze]], [[Michael Gough]], [[Nick Magnus]], [[Norman Warren]], [[Outer Touch]], [[Pete Walker (director)]], [[Peter Biziou]], [[Peter Boyle (film editor)]], [[Peter Mayhew]], [[Prey (1977 film)]], [[Satanic film]], [[Satan's Slave (1976 film)]], [[Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever]], [[Stanley Long]], [[Terror (1978 film)]], [[Trouser Bar]], [[Virgin Witch]] | |
| - | * Sheridan, Simon 2007. ''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema'' (third edition) (Reynolds & Hearn Books) ISBN 1-903111-92-7 | + | |
| - | * McGillivray, David 1992. ''Doing Rude Things: The History of the British Sex Film 1957-1981'' (Sun Tavern Fields Books) | + | |
| - | * Fenton, Harvey 2001 ''Ten Years Of Terror: British Horror Films of the 1970's'' (FAB Press, Guildford) | + | |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *''[[Gods In Spandex A Survivors Account Of 80s Cinema Obscura]]'' | ||
| + | *[[British exploitation]] | ||
| + | *[[British horror]] | ||
| + | *[[British sex film]] | ||
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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). Warren is also known for sex comedies such as Outer Touch (also known as Outer Spaced and Spaced Out, 1979).
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.
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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 in 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 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.
Warren died on 11 March 2021 at the age of 78.
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Filmography
- Incident (1959, completed 2007) (director, editor)
- The Millionairess (1960) (runner)
- The Dock Brief (1962) (third assistant director)
- Shellarama (1965) (assistant editor)
- Fragment (1965) (director, editor)
- Night of the Generals (1966) (third assistant director)
- The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) (third assistant director)
- Her Private Hell (1968) (director, editor)
- Loving Feeling (1969) (director, editor)
- Rod the Mod (1970) (assistant editor)
- Oink! (1970) (editor)
- Satan's Slave (1976) (director, editor)
- Prey (1977)
- Terror (1978) (director, sound editor)
- Outer Touch (a.k.a. Spaced Out and Outer Spaced, 1979)
- Inseminoid (a.k.a. Horror Planet, 1981)
- Warbirds Air Display (1984) (director, editor)
- Person to Person (1985)
- Gunpowder (1986)
- Bloody New Year (1987)
- Meath School (1992) (producer, director)
- Buzz (1993) (director, editor)
- Doing Rude Things (1995) (interviewee)
- Evil Heritage (1999) (interviewee, subject)
- Christopher Lee: a Life in Films (2003) (post-production supervisor)
- Corridor Gossip (2007)
- Haunted Memories (2007)
- Making Space (2007)
- Horror Icon (2007) (interviewee)
- Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film (2008) (interviewee)
- Norman J. Warren Presents: Horrorshow (2008) (host)
- Grave Tales (2009) (promotional director)
- Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2010) (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) (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) (interviewee)
- Susu (2017) (producer / executive producer)
- Dr. Balden Cross: Beyond The Void (2018) (Cameo appearance)
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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)
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Pages linking in as of March 2021
Aero Theatre, Ava Cadell, BFI Flipside, Bloody New Year, Candace Glendenning, Cinema X, David McGillivray (screenwriter), Derek Ford, Françoise Pascal, Glory Annen, Gods in Polyester, Grave Tales, Her Private Hell, Inseminoid, Jackie Lee (Irish singer), James Aubrey (actor), John Scott (composer), Killer's Moon, Loving Feeling, Michael Craze, Michael Gough, Nick Magnus, Norman Warren, Outer Touch, Pete Walker (director), Peter Biziou, Peter Boyle (film editor), Peter Mayhew, Prey (1977 film), Satanic film, Satan's Slave (1976 film), Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever, Stanley Long, Terror (1978 film), Trouser Bar, Virgin Witch
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See also
- Gods In Spandex A Survivors Account Of 80s Cinema Obscura
- British exploitation
- British horror
- British sex film
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