Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 23, 1904
Died
Jun 18, 1980
Place of Birth
Maida Vale, London, England
Credits
71 titles
Terence Fisher
Biography
Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a film director who worked for Hammer Films. He was born in Maida Vale, a district of London, England. Fisher was one of the most prominent horror directors of the second half of the 20th century. He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full colour, and the sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, while mild by modern standards, were unprecedented in his day. His first major gothic horror film was "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957), which launched Hammer's long association with the genre and made British actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee leading horror stars of the era. He went on to film a number of adaptations of classic horror subjects, including "Dracula" (1958), "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959) and "The Mummy" (1959). Given their subject matter and lurid approach, Fisher's films, though commercially successful, were largely dismissed by critics during his career. It is only in recent years that Fisher has become recognised as an auteur in his own right. His films are characterised by a blend of fairy-tale, myth and sexuality. They draw heavily on Christian themes, and there is usually a hero who defeats the powers of darkness by a combination of faith in God and reason, in contrast to other characters, who are either blindly superstitious or bound by a cold, godless rationalism. Description above adapted from the Wikipedia article Terence Fisher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Self (archive footage)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Director
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Director
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
Self
The Devil Rides Out
Director
Night of the Big Heat
Director
Frankenstein Created Woman
Director
Island of Terror
Director
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Director
The Gorgon
Director
The Earth Dies Screaming
Director
The Horror of It All
Director
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Director
The Phantom of the Opera
Director
The Curse of the Werewolf
Director
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Director
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Director
The Brides of Dracula
Director
The Stranglers of Bombay
Director
The Mummy
Director
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Director
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Director
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Director
Dracula
Director
The Adventures of Clint and Mac
Director
The Curse of Frankenstein
Director
Kill Me Tomorrow
Director
The Last Man to Hang
Director
The Gelignite Gang
Director
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Director
Robin Hood: The Movie
Director
The Flaw
Director
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Director
Stolen Assignment
Director
Children Galore
Director
Mask of Dust
Director
Final Appointment
Director
The Unholy Four
Director
Blackout
Director
Face the Music
Director
Three's Company
Director
Blood Orange
Director
Spaceways
Director
Four Sided Triangle
Director
Mantrap
Director
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
Director
Distant Trumpet
Director
Stolen Face
Director
Wings of Danger
Director
The Last Page
Director