Words and Photo By Bruno BayleyStills and Artwork Courtesy of Norman J. Warren
Satan’s Slave, Prey,TerrorDriller KillerViceVice: When you started making films, the British horror genre was broadly in the “Hammer Horror” tradition, wasn’t it?Norman J. Warren:FrankensteinBut they were a pretty direct translation of the American predecessors?
Terror (1979) Click to enlargeInseminoid (1981)And you were a Hammer fan?Satan’s SlaveIn bringing horror up to date, did you ever try to inject any social commentary or was your main aim to avoid the period trappings of Hammer?Satan’s SlaveAs far as making the most entertaining film possible goes, how did that affect the plot or writing process?Satan’s SlaveSo is this when you changed your writing technique?SuspiriaSatan’s Slave
Click to enlargeThe whole video nasty thing came along after you started making films, but still I can’t believe that you had no trouble making films like these in the mid-70s for a British audience.TerrorWhat was your view about the whole video nasty hysteria, as someone who had been making fairly groundbreaking horror films years before without complaint?Driller KillerNightmare in a Damaged BrainI Spit on Your GraveBut your films were heavily sexual. The first films you directed were sex films, weren’t they?Her Private Hell.Her Private HellLoving FeelingDid you ever have to hold yourself back from certain levels of violence, sex or gore?TerrormanyCensor-wise, surely religion caused problems? Satan’s Slave must have been tough?Satan’s SlaveSatan’s SlaveWas Satan’s Slave your main battle with the censors?Inseminoid
Satan’s Slave (1976) Click to enlargeSatan’s Slave (1976)So where did it go wrong? Why did you stop making films?GunpowderInseminoidIt sounds sort of amazing.Bloody New YearGunpowderWarbirdsThe original soundtracks toand, composed by Ivor Slaney, have just been released for the first time by Moscovitch Music.
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