Terror 1978

Cult horror movie director Norman J. Warren was born on June 25, 1942 in London, England. His fright features are distinguished by their cold, grim tones, modern-day settings (this was a radical departure from the period Gothic horror movies made by Hammer), young adult main characters, and startling outbursts of hideously graphic violence. Norman suffered from polio as a child and hence has only one functioning arm. An avid film buff since he was a little kid, Warren got his start working as a runner on "The Millionairess" and handled assistant director chores on the 1962 feature "The Dock Brief."

On 18th November 1978, over 900 men, women and children lost their lives at Jonestown, a remote settlement established by the People's Temple in northern Guyana. They were led to their deaths by cult leader Jim Jones, a charismatic preacher who turned into an egomaniacal demagogue. Jones had insisted his followers perform 'revolutionary suicide' by drinking poison - either voluntarily or by force.