Norman J. Warren

Directing

Norman J. Warren

Born 1942-06-25 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Norman John Warren was an English film director best known for such 1970s horror films as Satan's Slave, Prey and Terror. Warren is also known for sex comedies such as Outer Touch.

Acting credits

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever poster
5.2

A celebration of slasher cinema - from PSYCHO to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre's forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and meditating upon why it is almost always a final girl and rarely a final guy... this is a documentary which is designed for both the biggest fan of "mad maniac" movies and the person who may only have seen HALLOWEEN and SCREAM. Either way, this is a documentary that proves the SLASHER FILM is truly FOREVER!

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever

2012

Doing Rude Things poster
3.8

A light-hearted celebration of British sex films from the 1950s to the early 1980s. Presented by Angus Deayton, the programme includes interviews with movie veterans Robin Askwith and Pamela Green, as well as featuring clips from popular X-rated movies like “Come Play with Me” (1977).

Doing Rude Things

1995

Loving Feeling poster
3.3

The sexual escapades of DJ Stevee Daly, who can't decide whether to fix his marriage or yield to his many loving conquests.

Loving Feeling

1968

VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People poster
5.0

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

VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People

2014

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves poster
8.0

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

The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves

2022

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NR

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 sexploitation business in the late 1960s before moving into low budget horror pictures in the 1970s and 1980s. Produced for the American release of "Inseminoid", which debuted on Blu-Ray in the USA on March, 10th 2020, this extensive documentary draws on hours of footage of Warren and also some of his best known collaborators such as the screenwriter David McGillivray.

A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren

2020

Grave Tales poster
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A young genealogist whiles-away her afternoon in an eerie graveyard to identify graves but stumbles upon an elderly gravedigger anxious to share horror stories with her. The gravedigger delights in telling her four, ghoulish stories.

Grave Tales

2011

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

Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times

2014

Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J. Warren and the Ghost poster
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Short produced for FrightFest, starring Warren, Sun, and David McGillivray.

Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J. Warren and the Ghost

2013

Drinkin Time poster
NR

A man delivering a glass of water creates mayhem.

Drinkin Time

1963

Beyond Terror - An Appreciation of Norman J. Warren poster
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A relatively brief overview of the works of director Norman J. Warren, with particular attention on his horror projects between 1976 and 1987.

Beyond Terror - An Appreciation of Norman J. Warren

Behind the camera

Inseminoid poster
4.1

A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.

Inseminoid

1981

Satan's Slave poster
5.3

A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her wicked uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even those she thought were dead return to haunt her.

Satan's Slave

1976

Her Private Hell poster
4.7

A young Italian girl arrives in London, where she's tricked into posing nude for risqué magazines.

Her Private Hell

1968

Terror poster
5.4

The descendants of a witch-hunting family and their close friends are stalked and killed by a mysterious entity.

Terror

1979

Gunpowder poster
6.0

Dr. Vache has a plan to destroy the world’s economy by flooding it with gold. Spies Gunn and Powder are on a mission to save it.

Gunpowder

1986

Bloody New Year poster
5.2

A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel decorated for New Year's. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.

Bloody New Year

1987

Bloody New Year poster
5.2

A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel decorated for New Year's. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.

Bloody New Year

1987

Prey poster
5.2

A deadly shape-shifting alien infiltrates a country house occupied by two lesbians, and proceeds to study their behaviour for a sinister purpose.

Prey

1977

Outer Touch poster
4.6

Three specimens from a female race of aliens crash land in England and abduct four earthlings by accident. They decide to use the opportunity to start experimenting... on the males.

Outer Touch

1979

Loving Feeling poster
3.3

The sexual escapades of DJ Stevee Daly, who can't decide whether to fix his marriage or yield to his many loving conquests.

Loving Feeling

1968

Loving Feeling poster
3.3

The sexual escapades of DJ Stevee Daly, who can't decide whether to fix his marriage or yield to his many loving conquests.

Loving Feeling

1968

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9.0

A short film about a woman's unhappiness after a failed love affair.

Fragment

1965

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9.0

A short film about a woman's unhappiness after a failed love affair.

Fragment

1965

The Bridge poster
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An early project of Norman J. Warren about a pilot on a mission to locate a bridge in Germany during World War II.

The Bridge

1957

Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J. Warren and the Ghost poster
NR

Short produced for FrightFest, starring Warren, Sun, and David McGillivray.

Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J. Warren and the Ghost

2013

Drinkin Time poster
NR

A man delivering a glass of water creates mayhem.

Drinkin Time

1963

Daddy Cross poster
NR

Fake trailer for a 1978 ‘lost film’, with voice-over by director Norman J. Warren.

Daddy Cross

2011

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7.0

Incident, the debut short film of British exploitation director Norman J. Warren, is an enigmatic story about a girl who meets a boy at a fairground and how their relationship develops. Filmed in 1959 at Battersea Pleasure Gardens, the film remained unfinished until 2007 when Warren and cinematographer Brian Tufano reunited to finish the editing.

Incident

2007

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7.0

Incident, the debut short film of British exploitation director Norman J. Warren, is an enigmatic story about a girl who meets a boy at a fairground and how their relationship develops. Filmed in 1959 at Battersea Pleasure Gardens, the film remained unfinished until 2007 when Warren and cinematographer Brian Tufano reunited to finish the editing.

Incident

2007